HAPIVERI Magazine
Yoichi Takabayashi: The Honjin Murders and Sayu...
Cinema has different expressive methods for each genre. Yet Yoichi Takabayashi skillfully combined the seemingly opposing elements of mystery and eros to build a distinctive visual world.
Yoichi Takabayashi: The Honjin Murders and Sayu...
Cinema has different expressive methods for each genre. Yet Yoichi Takabayashi skillfully combined the seemingly opposing elements of mystery and eros to build a distinctive visual world.
The Visual Language of a Rebel: Kazuhiko Hasega...
The defining feature of Kazuhiko Hasegawa's visual expression is his incisive eye for society. His camera unsparingly reveals the contradictions and distortions beneath the surface of Japanese life. The Man...
The Visual Language of a Rebel: Kazuhiko Hasega...
The defining feature of Kazuhiko Hasegawa's visual expression is his incisive eye for society. His camera unsparingly reveals the contradictions and distortions beneath the surface of Japanese life. The Man...
New Forms of Historical Cinema: Human Drama in ...
Historical works in Japanese cinema have taken many forms, including period dramas and biographical films. Director Keishi Otomo, however, depicts history and human drama through new perspectives and visual expression,...
New Forms of Historical Cinema: Human Drama in ...
Historical works in Japanese cinema have taken many forms, including period dramas and biographical films. Director Keishi Otomo, however, depicts history and human drama through new perspectives and visual expression,...
A Master of Realism: Analyzing Masato Harada's ...
Perhaps the most distinctive feature of Masato Harada's cinematic expression is its faithful recreation of events based on thorough research. In films based on true stories, such as The Choice...
A Master of Realism: Analyzing Masato Harada's ...
Perhaps the most distinctive feature of Masato Harada's cinematic expression is its faithful recreation of events based on thorough research. In films based on true stories, such as The Choice...
Koji Wakamatsu and the Politics of Cinema: Can ...
Does film exist only for entertainment? Or does it have the power to change society?
Koji Wakamatsu and the Politics of Cinema: Can ...
Does film exist only for entertainment? Or does it have the power to change society?
Tatsumi Kumashiro’s Direction of Silence: Apply...
One of the most distinctive techniques in Tatsumi Kumashiro’s films is effective use of silence. Particularly evident in The Master of the Gensenkan (1968) and Atonement (1976), it successfully expresses...
Tatsumi Kumashiro’s Direction of Silence: Apply...
One of the most distinctive techniques in Tatsumi Kumashiro’s films is effective use of silence. Particularly evident in The Master of the Gensenkan (1968) and Atonement (1976), it successfully expresses...