HAPIVERI Magazine
Lessons from Tadashi Imai's Tower of the Lilies...
Released by director Tadashi Imai in 1953, Tower of the Lilies possesses an especially powerful "magnetic field of memory" in Japanese film history. Based on the true story of the...
Lessons from Tadashi Imai's Tower of the Lilies...
Released by director Tadashi Imai in 1953, Tower of the Lilies possesses an especially powerful "magnetic field of memory" in Japanese film history. Based on the true story of the...
Azuma Morisaki's Film Philosophy: The Essence o...
The concept of 'angry drama' is indispensable to discussing Azuma Morisaki's films. Although major works such as Kigeki: Tokudashi Himo Tengoku and Kigeki: Onna wa Dokyo have the word comedy...
Azuma Morisaki's Film Philosophy: The Essence o...
The concept of 'angry drama' is indispensable to discussing Azuma Morisaki's films. Although major works such as Kigeki: Tokudashi Himo Tengoku and Kigeki: Onna wa Dokyo have the word comedy...
Lessons from Azuma Morisaki's A Woman's Guts: A...
” is an exhilarating comedy on the theme of women's courage. It won enthusiastic support from audiences at the time by powerfully portraying, with humor, a woman who confronts the...
Lessons from Azuma Morisaki's A Woman's Guts: A...
” is an exhilarating comedy on the theme of women's courage. It won enthusiastic support from audiences at the time by powerfully portraying, with humor, a woman who confronts the...
Lessons from Kazuo Kuroki's A Boy's Summer in 1...
There are no gunshots or explosions in this film. The characters quietly live their daily lives, and a boy simply faces the emotions of adolescence. Yet war is certainly present...
Lessons from Kazuo Kuroki's A Boy's Summer in 1...
There are no gunshots or explosions in this film. The characters quietly live their daily lives, and a boy simply faces the emotions of adolescence. Yet war is certainly present...
Azuma Morisaki's Film Expression: Applying Char...
Director Azuma Morisaki (1927–2020) continually portrayed the harshness and dignity of human life. His incisive films about people at society's bottom originated in his own harrowing childhood. He later said...
Azuma Morisaki's Film Expression: Applying Char...
Director Azuma Morisaki (1927–2020) continually portrayed the harshness and dignity of human life. His incisive films about people at society's bottom originated in his own harrowing childhood. He later said...
Beyond the Camera: Kinuyo Tanaka’s Film Philoso...
Beyond the Camera: Kinuyo Tanaka’s Film Philosophy and Commitment to Directing From Actress to Director: An Exceptional Transition Kinuyo Tanaka left a distinguished legacy as the first female director in...
Beyond the Camera: Kinuyo Tanaka’s Film Philoso...
Beyond the Camera: Kinuyo Tanaka’s Film Philosophy and Commitment to Directing From Actress to Director: An Exceptional Transition Kinuyo Tanaka left a distinguished legacy as the first female director in...