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Miwa Nishikawa's Visual Expression: Applying Character Portrayal to Corporate Videos

Miwa Nishikawa's Visual Expression: Applying Ch...

Before beginning her career as a director, Miwa Nishikawa worked as an assistant director under Hirokazu Kore-eda. This was an important period for learning the fundamentals of filmmaking and developing...

Miwa Nishikawa's Visual Expression: Applying Ch...

Before beginning her career as a director, Miwa Nishikawa worked as an assistant director under Hirokazu Kore-eda. This was an important period for learning the fundamentals of filmmaking and developing...

Learning from Miwa Nishikawa’s The Long Excuse: Applying Loss and Renewal to Video Production

Learning from Miwa Nishikawa’s The Long Excuse:...

Released in 2016, The Long Excuse is a film directed by Miwa Nishikawa and adapted from her own novel. It tells a moving story of human loss and the renewal...

Learning from Miwa Nishikawa’s The Long Excuse:...

Released in 2016, The Long Excuse is a film directed by Miwa Nishikawa and adapted from her own novel. It tells a moving story of human loss and the renewal...

Miwa Nishikawa: Stories and Visual Aesthetics That Explore Human Nature

Miwa Nishikawa: Stories and Visual Aesthetics T...

Miwa Nishikawa is a director and screenwriter known in contemporary Japanese cinema for her sharp eye and deep understanding of people. Born in Hiroshima Prefecture in 1974, she entered the...

Miwa Nishikawa: Stories and Visual Aesthetics T...

Miwa Nishikawa is a director and screenwriter known in contemporary Japanese cinema for her sharp eye and deep understanding of people. Born in Hiroshima Prefecture in 1974, she entered the...

The Enduring Emotional Power of The Ballad of Narayama

The Enduring Emotional Power of The Ballad of N...

The Ballad of Narayama (1958) is a classic Japanese film directed by Keisuke Kinoshita. Based on Shichiro Fukazawa's novel and set in the Japanese countryside after the war, it depicts...

The Enduring Emotional Power of The Ballad of N...

The Ballad of Narayama (1958) is a classic Japanese film directed by Keisuke Kinoshita. Based on Shichiro Fukazawa's novel and set in the Japanese countryside after the war, it depicts...

The Appeal and Depth of Twenty-Four Eyes

The Appeal and Depth of Twenty-Four Eyes

Twenty-Four Eyes (1954) is a film directed by Keisuke Kinoshita, based on Sakae Tsuboi's novel of the same name. Set at an elementary school on a small island in prewar...

The Appeal and Depth of Twenty-Four Eyes

Twenty-Four Eyes (1954) is a film directed by Keisuke Kinoshita, based on Sakae Tsuboi's novel of the same name. Set at an elementary school on a small island in prewar...

Keisuke Kinoshita’s Visual Expression: Applying Human Portrayal to Corporate Videos

Keisuke Kinoshita’s Visual Expression: Applying...

Born in Tokyo’s Nihonbashi district on December 5, 1912, the first year of the Taisho era, Keisuke Kinoshita grew up in a prosperous merchant family. Familiar with theater and film...

Keisuke Kinoshita’s Visual Expression: Applying...

Born in Tokyo’s Nihonbashi district on December 5, 1912, the first year of the Taisho era, Keisuke Kinoshita grew up in a prosperous merchant family. Familiar with theater and film...