HAPIVERI Magazine

Visual Technique and Mastery Across Genres: Dissecting Hawks's Direction

Visual Technique and Mastery Across Genres: Dis...

Hawks avoided excessive stylization and devoted his photography and editing to enhancing story and character. He was therefore not the type described as a "master of elaborate camerawork" and often...

Visual Technique and Mastery Across Genres: Dis...

Hawks avoided excessive stylization and devoted his photography and editing to enhancing story and character. He was therefore not the type described as a "master of elaborate camerawork" and often...

Kinuyo Tanaka’s Directorial Debut Love Letter: The Birth of a Film by Japan’s First Female Director

Kinuyo Tanaka’s Directorial Debut Love Letter: ...

A historic event occurred in Japanese cinema in November 1953: the release of Love Letter, directed by Kinuyo Tanaka. It was the first dramatic feature in Japanese film history directed...

Kinuyo Tanaka’s Directorial Debut Love Letter: ...

A historic event occurred in Japanese cinema in November 1953: the release of Love Letter, directed by Kinuyo Tanaka. It was the first dramatic feature in Japanese film history directed...

Learning from Nagisa Oshima's In the Realm of the Senses: Using Expressive Intensity in Video Production

Learning from Nagisa Oshima's In the Realm of t...

Released in 1976, In the Realm of the Senses is one of Nagisa Oshima's signature films, based on the real Sada Abe incident. Taking place in prewar Japan, the incident...

Learning from Nagisa Oshima's In the Realm of t...

Released in 1976, In the Realm of the Senses is one of Nagisa Oshima's signature films, based on the real Sada Abe incident. Taking place in prewar Japan, the incident...

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...

Akira Kurosawa, a Master of Cinema: His Life and Boundless Passion for Film

Akira Kurosawa, a Master of Cinema: His Life an...

Kurosawa made his directorial debut with Sanshiro Sugata in 1943. This film about a judoka's growth already displayed his distinctive visual beauty and depth of human drama. Despite being made...

Akira Kurosawa, a Master of Cinema: His Life an...

Kurosawa made his directorial debut with Sanshiro Sugata in 1943. This film about a judoka's growth already displayed his distinctive visual beauty and depth of human drama. Despite being made...