HAPIVERI Magazine

The Structure of Hideyuki Hirayama’s Begging for Love: Applying Stories That Confront the Past to Video Production

The Structure of Hideyuki Hirayama’s Begging fo...

Released in 1998, Begging for Love is a moving human drama that moves between the past and present of a woman abused by her mother in childhood. Based on Harumi...

The Structure of Hideyuki Hirayama’s Begging fo...

Released in 1998, Begging for Love is a moving human drama that moves between the past and present of a woman abused by her mother in childhood. Based on Harumi...

Tatsumi Kumashiro’s Direction of Silence: Applying Silence and Tension to Video Production

Tatsumi Kumashiro’s Direction of Silence: Apply...

One of the most distinctive techniques in Tatsumi Kumashiro’s films is effective use of silence. Particularly evident in The Master of the Gensenkan (1968) and Atonement (1976), it successfully expresses...

Tatsumi Kumashiro’s Direction of Silence: Apply...

One of the most distinctive techniques in Tatsumi Kumashiro’s films is effective use of silence. Particularly evident in The Master of the Gensenkan (1968) and Atonement (1976), it successfully expresses...

Masahiro Shinoda and the Shochiku New Wave: Its Influence and Legacy

Masahiro Shinoda and the Shochiku New Wave: Its...

In the 1960s, a new movement called the Shochiku New Wave emerged in Japanese cinema. Directors such as Masahiro Shinoda, Nagisa Oshima, and Yoshishige Yoshida stood at its center. Challenging...

Masahiro Shinoda and the Shochiku New Wave: Its...

In the 1960s, a new movement called the Shochiku New Wave emerged in Japanese cinema. Directors such as Masahiro Shinoda, Nagisa Oshima, and Yoshishige Yoshida stood at its center. Challenging...

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...

I Are You, You Am Me: Nobuhiko Obayashi's Vivid Memories of Youth

I Are You, You Am Me: Nobuhiko Obayashi's Vivid...

Released in 1982, I Are You, You Am Me (Tenkosei) is known as the first film in director Nobuhiko Obayashi's Onomichi Trilogy. Set in Onomichi, Hiroshima Prefecture, it depicts the...

I Are You, You Am Me: Nobuhiko Obayashi's Vivid...

Released in 1982, I Are You, You Am Me (Tenkosei) is known as the first film in director Nobuhiko Obayashi's Onomichi Trilogy. Set in Onomichi, Hiroshima Prefecture, it depicts the...

A Magician of Images: Nobuhiko Obayashi's Journey and Passion for Cinema

A Magician of Images: Nobuhiko Obayashi's Journ...

Director Nobuhiko Obayashi was born in Onomichi, Hiroshima Prefecture, in 1938. Growing up among historic streets and the beautiful scenery of the Seto Inland Sea, he developed a strong interest...

A Magician of Images: Nobuhiko Obayashi's Journ...

Director Nobuhiko Obayashi was born in Onomichi, Hiroshima Prefecture, in 1938. Growing up among historic streets and the beautiful scenery of the Seto Inland Sea, he developed a strong interest...