Directing
Isao Yamada
JA, EN cinema · 121 credits
Birthplace
Hokkaidō, Japan
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.
Known for
Filmography
Amorphous diary
Director
Aurora's Flame
Director
Reminiscence
Director
Endless Flâneuring
Director
Apparition's Moment
Director
Reflection
Director
Instant Memory
Director
狂戀
2010
Mad Love
Director
Chocolate
Director
幻影
2008
Phantom
Director
Winter has a dream
Director
Chrysanthemum Inspiration
Screenplay, Director
Cat on the tin roof
Director
Feel
Director
The Soul Odyssey
Director, Screenplay
Comet
Director
Winter Flower
Director
Every Day
Director
PUZZLE
Director
Girl Orphee
Director
檸檬
1999
Lemon
Director
Prism
Director
Swamp
Director, Writer
Filmletter★oufuku IV
Director
Long Good-bye
Director
Sakhalin Elegy
Director
Tears of Socks
Director
The Crown of Dreams
Director
Travelogue
Director
彼方
1993
Far Away
Director
Tokyo Dusk
Actor, Director
I've Heard the Ammonite Murmur
Director, Screenplay
Incident's
Director
Flamme
Director
Crystal☆Rehearsal
Director
Crystal
Director, Writer
Aesthetic Memory
Director
HINA
Director
Lynx Reel
Director
My lost heaven
Director
A silhouette
Director
Merry Christmas
Director
All Alone
Director
Un Image
Director
Sad Gadolf
Director
Way home
Director
Grass Labyrinth
Production Design
Night Window
Director
The Boxer
Art Department Assistant
Pastoral: To Die in the Country
Art Department Assistant