HAPIVERI Magazine
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...
An Encounter with Claude Lelouch: The Poetic Fu...
In 1967, Japanese director Kōichi Saitō made a striking debut. Critics who saw *Joe’s Whisper* unanimously called him “Japan’s Claude Lelouch.” What did they find in common between the French...
An Encounter with Claude Lelouch: The Poetic Fu...
In 1967, Japanese director Kōichi Saitō made a striking debut. Critics who saw *Joe’s Whisper* unanimously called him “Japan’s Claude Lelouch.” What did they find in common between the French...
Japan's Landscapes and Memories of Youth: Koich...
Japan in the early 1970s was approaching the end of its period of rapid economic growth. The oil crisis of 1973 began to break the myth of uninterrupted expansion, and...
Japan's Landscapes and Memories of Youth: Koich...
Japan in the early 1970s was approaching the end of its period of rapid economic growth. The oil crisis of 1973 began to break the myth of uninterrupted expansion, and...
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...
Minoru Shibuya’s Comic Expression: Applying Cyn...
The history of comedy in Japanese cinema reaches back to the silent era. From the earliest motion pictures by Shozo Makino, films made audiences laugh alongside narration by benshi performers....
Minoru Shibuya’s Comic Expression: Applying Cyn...
The history of comedy in Japanese cinema reaches back to the silent era. From the earliest motion pictures by Shozo Makino, films made audiences laugh alongside narration by benshi performers....
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...