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Mako Idemitsu
Born
1 January 1940
Place
Tōkyō, Japan
Directing

Mako Idemitsu

Experimental video artist Mako Idemitsu creates domestic narratives, that examine female identity within the context of the contemporary Japanese family. Echoing and subverting the popular melodramas of Japanese television, she applies a women's liberationist critique to her fictions of the psychological "family romance." Dramatising the strict gender roles that shape mother-child and husband-wife relationships, she explores the role of women in a patriarchal, mediated culture.

As director

The Past Ahead

2000 · Director
Kae, Act Like A Girl

Kae, Act Like A Girl

1996 · Director
Kiyoko's Situation

Kiyoko's Situation

1989 · Director
Yoji, What's Wrong With You?

Yoji, What's Wrong With You?

1987 · Director
The Marriage of Yasushi

The Marriage of Yasushi

1986 · Director
Great Mother (Sachiko)

Great Mother (Sachiko)

1986 · Director
Hideo, It's Me, Mama

Hideo, It's Me, Mama

1986 · Director
Whispering Light

Whispering Light

1985 · Director
Play and Capriciousness

Play and Capriciousness

1984 · Director
Great Mother (YUMIKO)

Great Mother (YUMIKO)

1983 · Director

Great Mother (Harumi)

1983 · Director
Shadow Part 2

Shadow Part 2

1982 · Director
Animus Part 1

Animus Part 1

1982 · Director
Animus Part 2

Animus Part 2

1982 · Director
Toryanse

Toryanse

1982 · Director
Emotional Volatility About My Father

Emotional Volatility About My Father

1981 · Director
Shadow Part 1

Shadow Part 1

1980 · Director
My America, Your America

My America, Your America

1980 · Director
Housewives and a Day

Housewives and a Day

1979 · Director
At Yukigaya 4

At Yukigaya 4

1979 · Director
At Any Place 4: From the Tango of a Housewife by Yoneyama Mamako

At Any Place 4: From the Tango of a Housewife by Yoneyama Mamako

1978 · Director
Make Up

Make Up

1978 · Director
At Any Place 5

At Any Place 5

1978 · Director
At Karuizawa 1

At Karuizawa 1

1978 · Director
Another Day of a Housewife

Another Day of a Housewife

1977 · Director

Women

1977 · Director
At Any Place 3

At Any Place 3

1977 · Director
At Yukigaya 3

At Yukigaya 3

1977 · Director
Something Within Me

Something Within Me

1975 · Director
At Any Place 1

At Any Place 1

1975 · Director

As actor

KIKAIDE MIRUKOTO = Eye Machine / To See by Chance –The Pioneers of Japanese Video Arts–

KIKAIDE MIRUKOTO = Eye Machine / To See by Chance –The Pioneers of Japanese Video Arts–

2013