HAPIVERI Magazine

Director Shinji Higuchi's Creative Range: Applying Animation and Live Action to Video Production

Director Shinji Higuchi's Creative Range: Apply...

Shinji Higuchi's life in moving images extends far beyond special effects. He entered film in 1984 as an assistant creating monster suits for 'Godzilla,' later joined Hideaki Anno and others...

Director Shinji Higuchi's Creative Range: Apply...

Shinji Higuchi's life in moving images extends far beyond special effects. He entered film in 1984 as an assistant creating monster suits for 'Godzilla,' later joined Hideaki Anno and others...

Tatsuya Mori Confronts Social Issues: Japanese Society Seen from Minority Perspectives

Tatsuya Mori Confronts Social Issues: Japanese ...

A consistent feature of Tatsuya Mori's work is his examination of Japanese society from the perspective of social minorities and those who are excluded. This creative attitude functions not simply...

Tatsuya Mori Confronts Social Issues: Japanese ...

A consistent feature of Tatsuya Mori's work is his examination of Japanese society from the perspective of social minorities and those who are excluded. This creative attitude functions not simply...

Tatsuya Mori’s Documentary Philosophy: Pursuing Truth and Diverse Perspectives

Tatsuya Mori’s Documentary Philosophy: Pursuing...

Known as a documentary director, Tatsuya Mori was born in Kure, Hiroshima Prefecture, in 1956 and is currently also active as a specially appointed professor at Meiji University. His father’s...

Tatsuya Mori’s Documentary Philosophy: Pursuing...

Known as a documentary director, Tatsuya Mori was born in Kure, Hiroshima Prefecture, in 1956 and is currently also active as a specially appointed professor at Meiji University. His father’s...

Learning Video Direction from Shusuke Kaneko: Applying Cross-Genre Planning to Production

Learning Video Direction from Shusuke Kaneko: A...

A Driving Force of the J-Horror Boom: The Ju-On Series Opened New Forms of Fear Explore the path that established new expressions of fear in horror and created the cultural...

Learning Video Direction from Shusuke Kaneko: A...

A Driving Force of the J-Horror Boom: The Ju-On Series Opened New Forms of Fear Explore the path that established new expressions of fear in horror and created the cultural...

A Legacy in Film History: Yasujiro Shimazu's Films and Their Lineage

A Legacy in Film History: Yasujiro Shimazu's Fi...

Yasujiro Shimazu, one of the directors who supported Japanese cinema's golden age, was born in 1897 and left more than eighty works before his death in 1945 at the young...

A Legacy in Film History: Yasujiro Shimazu's Fi...

Yasujiro Shimazu, one of the directors who supported Japanese cinema's golden age, was born in 1897 and left more than eighty works before his death in 1945 at the young...

A Pioneer of Everyday-Life Cinema: Yasujiro Shimazu and the Establishment of a Distinctive Film Style

A Pioneer of Everyday-Life Cinema: Yasujiro Shi...

In Japanese film history, the term shoshimin eiga, or lower-middle-class everyday-life cinema, is an important marker of a particular time and place.

A Pioneer of Everyday-Life Cinema: Yasujiro Shi...

In Japanese film history, the term shoshimin eiga, or lower-middle-class everyday-life cinema, is an important marker of a particular time and place.