HAPIVERI Magazine
Director Susumu Hani: The Breadth of His Creati...
Susumu Hani is an exceptionally distinctive filmmaker in Japanese cinema, moving freely between documentary, fiction, educational films, and children’s films. Born in 1928, he joined Iwanami Productions and emerged as...
Director Susumu Hani: The Breadth of His Creati...
Susumu Hani is an exceptionally distinctive filmmaker in Japanese cinema, moving freely between documentary, fiction, educational films, and children’s films. Born in 1928, he joined Iwanami Productions and emerged as...
Tadashi Imai's Character Portrayals: Applying S...
Listening to Vulnerable Voices Where Literature Meets Cinema While known as a master of socially engaged cinema, Tadashi Imai also devoted his passion to adapting outstanding literature. His An Inlet...
Tadashi Imai's Character Portrayals: Applying S...
Listening to Vulnerable Voices Where Literature Meets Cinema While known as a master of socially engaged cinema, Tadashi Imai also devoted his passion to adapting outstanding literature. His An Inlet...
Kazuo Kuroki: The Pain and Tenderness of Youth—...
Many people may associate Kazuo Kuroki with war films. The War Requiem Trilogy he made late in his career is certainly memorable, but before that, he was also a master...
Kazuo Kuroki: The Pain and Tenderness of Youth—...
Many people may associate Kazuo Kuroki with war films. The War Requiem Trilogy he made late in his career is certainly memorable, but before that, he was also a master...
Kazuo Kuroki's War Requiem: Applying Memory to ...
In the few years from the early 2000s until his death, director Kazuo Kuroki released three works on the theme of war.
Kazuo Kuroki's War Requiem: Applying Memory to ...
In the few years from the early 2000s until his death, director Kazuo Kuroki released three works on the theme of war.
The Color Beauty of Masaki Kobayashi's Kwaidan:...
What comes to mind when you hear the words horror film? Sudden screams, dark ruins, splashes of blood? There is a film that perfects a fear within stillness, distinct from...
The Color Beauty of Masaki Kobayashi's Kwaidan:...
What comes to mind when you hear the words horror film? Sudden screams, dark ruins, splashes of blood? There is a film that perfects a fear within stillness, distinct from...
Yoichi Takabayashi’s Visual Expression and Expe...
Japanese cinema is celebrated worldwide for Akira Kurosawa’s period films and Yasujiro Ozu’s tranquil human dramas, but it also includes experimental filmmakers who pursued new visual possibilities. Among them, Yoichi...
Yoichi Takabayashi’s Visual Expression and Expe...
Japanese cinema is celebrated worldwide for Akira Kurosawa’s period films and Yasujiro Ozu’s tranquil human dramas, but it also includes experimental filmmakers who pursued new visual possibilities. Among them, Yoichi...