HAPIVERI Magazine
Director Shusuke Kaneko's Visual Language: Inno...
Director Shusuke Kaneko is known in Japanese cinema as an innovator in special-effects filmmaking. The Heisei Gamera series of the 1990s overturned established ideas about the genre and opened new...
Director Shusuke Kaneko's Visual Language: Inno...
Director Shusuke Kaneko is known in Japanese cinema as an innovator in special-effects filmmaking. The Heisei Gamera series of the 1990s overturned established ideas about the genre and opened new...
Lessons in Visual Direction from Koichi Saito: ...
In 1966, Lee Man-hee’s “Late Autumn” was released in South Korea. The film follows a woman imprisoned as a political offender and a man on the run for murder who...
Lessons in Visual Direction from Koichi Saito: ...
In 1966, Lee Man-hee’s “Late Autumn” was released in South Korea. The film follows a woman imprisoned as a political offender and a man on the run for murder who...
From Still Photographer to Visual Poet: The New...
Born in Hachiōji, Tokyo Prefecture, on February 3, 1929, Kōichi Saitō was strongly interested in photographic expression from childhood. After leaving Rikkyo University, he studied the foundations of photography thoroughly...
From Still Photographer to Visual Poet: The New...
Born in Hachiōji, Tokyo Prefecture, on February 3, 1929, Kōichi Saitō was strongly interested in photographic expression from childhood. After leaving Rikkyo University, he studied the foundations of photography thoroughly...
The Darkness of Postwar Japan in Minoru Shibuya...
In 1952, as the sounds of reconstruction rang across postwar Japan, one film caused a major stir: director Minoru Shibuya’s “Modern People.” This social drama, which closely traced an elite...
The Darkness of Postwar Japan in Minoru Shibuya...
In 1952, as the sounds of reconstruction rang across postwar Japan, one film caused a major stir: director Minoru Shibuya’s “Modern People.” This social drama, which closely traced an elite...
Kei Kumai’s International Reputation: Applying ...
Kei Kumai’s high international standing is a notable chapter in Japanese film history. From the 1970s through the 1990s, his films won awards at major festivals around the world, including...
Kei Kumai’s International Reputation: Applying ...
Kei Kumai’s high international standing is a notable chapter in Japanese film history. From the 1970s through the 1990s, his films won awards at major festivals around the world, including...
Historical Consciousness in Kei Kumai’s Films: ...
Across Kei Kumai’s films runs a strong concern with the “untold history” of modern Japan. Through cinema he continually illuminated historical darkness that Japanese society had deliberately or unconsciously tried...
Historical Consciousness in Kei Kumai’s Films: ...
Across Kei Kumai’s films runs a strong concern with the “untold history” of modern Japan. Through cinema he continually illuminated historical darkness that Japanese society had deliberately or unconsciously tried...