HAPIVERI Magazine
Yuya Ishii's The Great Passage: A Masterpiece o...
Released in 2013, The Great Passage is Yuya Ishii's carefully crafted adaptation of Shion Miura's novel of the same name. Choosing the seemingly unassuming subject of dictionary compilation, he successfully...
Yuya Ishii's The Great Passage: A Masterpiece o...
Released in 2013, The Great Passage is Yuya Ishii's carefully crafted adaptation of Shion Miura's novel of the same name. Choosing the seemingly unassuming subject of dictionary compilation, he successfully...
Yuya Ishii’s Journey: Applying Everyday Charact...
Born in Yamanashi Prefecture in 1983 and raised in Urawa, Saitama Prefecture, Yuya Ishii had a strong interest in creating stories from childhood. He began writing fiction in junior high...
Yuya Ishii’s Journey: Applying Everyday Charact...
Born in Yamanashi Prefecture in 1983 and raised in Urawa, Saitama Prefecture, Yuya Ishii had a strong interest in creating stories from childhood. He began writing fiction in junior high...
Miwa Nishikawa: Stories and Visual Aesthetics T...
Miwa Nishikawa is a director and screenwriter known in contemporary Japanese cinema for her sharp eye and deep understanding of people. Born in Hiroshima Prefecture in 1974, she entered the...
Miwa Nishikawa: Stories and Visual Aesthetics T...
Miwa Nishikawa is a director and screenwriter known in contemporary Japanese cinema for her sharp eye and deep understanding of people. Born in Hiroshima Prefecture in 1974, she entered the...
The Appeal and Depth of Twenty-Four Eyes
Twenty-Four Eyes (1954) is a film directed by Keisuke Kinoshita, based on Sakae Tsuboi's novel of the same name. Set at an elementary school on a small island in prewar...
The Appeal and Depth of Twenty-Four Eyes
Twenty-Four Eyes (1954) is a film directed by Keisuke Kinoshita, based on Sakae Tsuboi's novel of the same name. Set at an elementary school on a small island in prewar...
Daisuke Ito's A Diary of Chuji's Travels: A Mas...
A Diary of Chuji's Travels is a silent film directed by Daisuke Ito and released in 1927. A groundbreaking success in Japanese cinema at the time, it is credited with...
Daisuke Ito's A Diary of Chuji's Travels: A Mas...
A Diary of Chuji's Travels is a silent film directed by Daisuke Ito and released in 1927. A groundbreaking success in Japanese cinema at the time, it is credited with...
Takashi Miike’s Directing Methods: Applying Pla...
A defining characteristic of Takashi Miike’s direction is thorough improvisation. He often shoots without detailed storyboards, drawing inspiration from the atmosphere on set and the actors’ performances. In works such...
Takashi Miike’s Directing Methods: Applying Pla...
A defining characteristic of Takashi Miike’s direction is thorough improvisation. He often shoots without detailed storyboards, drawing inspiration from the atmosphere on set and the actors’ performances. In works such...