HAPIVERI Magazine

Koji Wakamatsu and the Politics of Cinema: Can Film 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?

Koji Wakamatsu and the Politics of Cinema: Can ...

Does film exist only for entertainment? Or does it have the power to change society?

United Red Army: The Road to Asama-Sanso and United Red Army — Koji Wakamatsu’s Reality of Revolution

United Red Army: The Road to Asama-Sanso and Un...

Known as a maverick in Japanese cinema, Koji Wakamatsu made particularly shocking films about the United Red Army. He insisted on adapting real events to portray the reality of revolutionary...

United Red Army: The Road to Asama-Sanso and Un...

Known as a maverick in Japanese cinema, Koji Wakamatsu made particularly shocking films about the United Red Army. He insisted on adapting real events to portray the reality of revolutionary...

Isao Takahata's Everyday Portrayals: Applying Lived Detail and Humor to Educational Videos

Isao Takahata's Everyday Portrayals: Applying L...

Animation may bring grand adventures or fantasy to mind. Yet Isao Takahata's films contain no magic or supernatural powers. Instead, they carefully depict ordinary daily life, revealing its small joys...

Isao Takahata's Everyday Portrayals: Applying L...

Animation may bring grand adventures or fantasy to mind. Yet Isao Takahata's films contain no magic or supernatural powers. Instead, they carefully depict ordinary daily life, revealing its small joys...

An Innovator in Visual Beauty: Masahiro Shinoda’s Visual Expression and Aesthetics

An Innovator in Visual Beauty: Masahiro Shinoda...

Masahiro Shinoda is one of the Japanese directors who sought to innovate in visual expression. A distinctive aesthetic runs through his work, continually exploring the possibilities of images themselves beyond...

An Innovator in Visual Beauty: Masahiro Shinoda...

Masahiro Shinoda is one of the Japanese directors who sought to innovate in visual expression. A distinctive aesthetic runs through his work, continually exploring the possibilities of images themselves beyond...

Masahiro Shinoda and the Japanese New Wave: Between Tradition and Innovation

Masahiro Shinoda and the Japanese New Wave: Bet...

Masahiro Shinoda emerged as a leading figure in the Japanese New Wave of the 1960s and established an individual cinematic expression combining tradition and innovation. His work differed both from...

Masahiro Shinoda and the Japanese New Wave: Bet...

Masahiro Shinoda emerged as a leading figure in the Japanese New Wave of the 1960s and established an individual cinematic expression combining tradition and innovation. His work differed both from...

Grave of the Fireflies and The Tale of the Princess Kaguya: Isao Takahata’s Portrayal of Life’s Fragility

Grave of the Fireflies and The Tale of the Prin...

Isao Takahata, a leading director in Japanese animation, continually portrayed the universal theme of life’s fragility through his work. Instead of spectacular action or grand adventures, his films contain stories...

Grave of the Fireflies and The Tale of the Prin...

Isao Takahata, a leading director in Japanese animation, continually portrayed the universal theme of life’s fragility through his work. Instead of spectacular action or grand adventures, his films contain stories...