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Isao Yamada
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.
As director
Aurora's Flame
Instability of the Signal
LES ILLUMINATIONS (Short Version)
The Night of Copernicus
Reminiscence
Endless Flâneuring
Apparition's Moment
Straße - Transient Passage
Mosaïque en blanc
Marie from the Sea
In that Void Moment
Sturm und Drang
Reflection
Looking for my Vision
Instant Memory
Despair Arabesque
Spring Indication of Night and Autumn Moondrop
Mad Love
Winterreise
Summer Dawn and December Dusk
Tokyo Nostalgia
Walk to Talk
Velvety Silhouette
Flower Obi
Chocolate
Blindfold Proposition
Fantacium
Astronomical Symptom
Wrong-Side-Out Girl
Phantom