HAPIVERI Magazine

Isao Takahata's Animation Revolution: Applying Movement and Everyday Depiction to Video Production

Isao Takahata's Animation Revolution: Applying ...

Isao Takahata was one of the great directors who exerted an enormous influence on Japanese animation. Together with Hayao Miyazaki, he helped sustain Studio Ghibli and brought numerous masterpieces into...

Isao Takahata's Animation Revolution: Applying ...

Isao Takahata was one of the great directors who exerted an enormous influence on Japanese animation. Together with Hayao Miyazaki, he helped sustain Studio Ghibli and brought numerous masterpieces into...

Kozaburo Yoshimura's Portrayal of Human Relationships: The World of Amai Himitsu (1953)

Kozaburo Yoshimura's Portrayal of Human Relatio...

Produced by Shochiku in 1953, Amai Himitsu was directed by Kozaburo Yoshimura. Set against Japanese society during postwar reconstruction, it portrays the daily lives and subtle emotions of people living...

Kozaburo Yoshimura's Portrayal of Human Relatio...

Produced by Shochiku in 1953, Amai Himitsu was directed by Kozaburo Yoshimura. Set against Japanese society during postwar reconstruction, it portrays the daily lives and subtle emotions of people living...

Kozaburo Yoshimura's Encounter with Cinema: Applying His Approach to Shooting in Video Production

Kozaburo Yoshimura's Encounter with Cinema: App...

Born in 1911, the forty-fourth year of Meiji, as the second son of a long-established Kyoto kimono shop, Kozaburo Yoshimura grew up in an artistic environment. A life surrounded by...

Kozaburo Yoshimura's Encounter with Cinema: App...

Born in 1911, the forty-fourth year of Meiji, as the second son of a long-established Kyoto kimono shop, Kozaburo Yoshimura grew up in an artistic environment. A life surrounded by...

Distinctive Visual Expression and Humor: Yoshimitsu Morita's Directing Philosophy

Distinctive Visual Expression and Humor: Yoshim...

Yoshimitsu Morita was a director who remained committed to filmmaking free of genre constraints. While capturing social reality, he created films that left a powerful impression through distinctive visual expression...

Distinctive Visual Expression and Humor: Yoshim...

Yoshimitsu Morita was a director who remained committed to filmmaking free of genre constraints. While capturing social reality, he created films that left a powerful impression through distinctive visual expression...

Yoshimitsu Morita's Notable Films 1: The Family Game, an Unconventional Family Film with Yusaku Matsuda's Striking Performance

Yoshimitsu Morita's Notable Films 1: The Family...

Released in 1983, The Family Game is one of Yoshimitsu Morita's signature works, an unconventional family drama starring Yusaku Matsuda. Portraying the relationship between a private tutor and a troubled...

Yoshimitsu Morita's Notable Films 1: The Family...

Released in 1983, The Family Game is one of Yoshimitsu Morita's signature works, an unconventional family drama starring Yusaku Matsuda. Portraying the relationship between a private tutor and a troubled...

It's Tough Being a Man and Japanese Identity: Why Does Tora-san Remain Beloved?

It's Tough Being a Man and Japanese Identity: W...

It's Tough Being a Man is the longest film series in Japanese cinema history, with forty-eight installments produced over twenty-six years from its first release in 1969 through 1995. Its...

It's Tough Being a Man and Japanese Identity: W...

It's Tough Being a Man is the longest film series in Japanese cinema history, with forty-eight installments produced over twenty-six years from its first release in 1969 through 1995. Its...