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Isao Yamada

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Isao Yamada

Birthplace
Hokkaidō, Japan
Credits
121 titles

Biography

Yamada Isao was born in Hokkaido, 1952. He joined an experimental theatrical troupe “Tenjo Sajiki” of Terayama. He took charge of art and costume designs in Terayama’s movies. His first film “Subaru no Yoru” (Night on Pleiades) (1977) won a prize at Off-theater Film Festival (later the name changed to Pia Film Festival). Until now, he has made over 100 movies, mainly 8mm films. With motifs of the borderline between reality and dream, he draws pictorial world of nostalgia. The images with his unique world view have attracted critics worldwide, and some of his works are archived in foreign art museums and universities. He is also a cartoonist and book designer.

Latest project Best work, ranked IMDb

Signature work

Known For

Acting credits 3

YearTitleRole
2004 Playing Pretend Film
2000 Moh-Roh-Ushi Hot Springs Film
1992 Tokyo Dusk Film

Crew credits 119

YearTitleJob
TBA Amorphous diary Film Director
2025 Aurora's Flame Film Director
2024 Instability of the Signal Film Director
2023 LES ILLUMINATIONS (Short Version) Film Director
2020 The Night of Copernicus Film Director
2019 Reminiscence Film Director
2018 Endless Flâneuring Film Director
2017 Apparition's Moment Film Director
2016 Straße - Transient Passage Film Director
2015 Mosaïque en blanc Film Director
2014 Sturm und Drang Film Director
2014 Marie from the Sea Film Director
2014 In that Void Moment Film Director
2014 Reflection Film Director
2013 Looking for my Vision Film Director
2012 Instant Memory Film Director
2011 Spring Indication of Night and Autumn Moondrop Film Director
2011 Despair Arabesque Film Director
2010 Winterreise Film Director
2010 Summer Dawn and December Dusk Film Director
2010 Mad Love Film Director
2009 Tokyo Nostalgia Film Director
2009 Walk to Talk Film Director
2009 Velvety Silhouette Film Director
2009 Flower Obi Film Director
2008 Chocolate Film Director
2008 Fantacium Film Director
2008 Astronomical Symptom Film Director
2008 Blindfold Proposition Film Director
2008 Phantom Film Director
2008 Wrong-Side-Out Girl Film Director
2008 Winter has a dream Film Director
2007 Distant View of Funemakura Film Director
2007 Delicate eyelashes Film Director
2007 Death at the Door Film Director
2007 Blue Evening Film Director
2006 Twilight Umbrella Film Director
2006 Fragilitat Film Director
2006 Film letter - OUFUKU V Film Director
2005 Cat on the tin roof Film Director
2005 Skeleton in the Boy's Arms Film Director
2005 Chrysanthemum Inspiration Film Screenplay, Director
2004 Night Channel Film Director
2004 Riverside Flower Film Director
2004 Black Girl Film Director
2004 Germany: Maiglöckchen Film Director
2004 Autumn Pathos Film Director
2004 Heat Haze Film Director
2004 Cobalt Glass Film Director
2004 The North Glimmer Film Director
2004 Feel Film Director
2003 The other world Film Director
2003 The Soul Odyssey Film Director, Screenplay
2003 Suspicious Alley Film Director
2003 Comet Film Director
2003 Winter Flower Film Director
2002 Every Day Film Director
2001 PUZZLE Film Director
2001 Girl Orphee Film Director
2001 The sun which shone like a pearl Film Director
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