HAPIVERI Magazine

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...

Learning from Yoshimitsu Morita’s (Haru): Applying Stories of the Internet Era to Video Production

Learning from Yoshimitsu Morita’s (Haru): Apply...

Released in 1996, (Haru) is a love story directed by Yoshimitsu Morita about communication through the internet, still unusual at the time. Starring Eri Fukatsu and Seiyo Uchino, it sensitively...

Learning from Yoshimitsu Morita’s (Haru): Apply...

Released in 1996, (Haru) is a love story directed by Yoshimitsu Morita about communication through the internet, still unusual at the time. Starring Eri Fukatsu and Seiyo Uchino, it sensitively...

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...

Yoji Yamada's Cinematic World: Applying Human Warmth and Conversation to Corporate Videos

Yoji Yamada's Cinematic World: Applying Human W...

Yoji Yamada is known as one of the most important directors in Japanese film history. His work has continued to portray the subtleties of Japanese people's feelings through changing times...

Yoji Yamada's Cinematic World: Applying Human W...

Yoji Yamada is known as one of the most important directors in Japanese film history. His work has continued to portray the subtleties of Japanese people's feelings through changing times...

Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s Direction of Space: Applying Unease and Negative Space to Video Production

Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s Direction of Space: Applying...

One of the most distinctive techniques in Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s films is the deliberate creation of empty space within the frame. Conventional films direct audiences’ attention toward important action or dramatic...

Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s Direction of Space: Applying...

One of the most distinctive techniques in Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s films is the deliberate creation of empty space within the frame. Conventional films direct audiences’ attention toward important action or dramatic...