Isao Yamada
Known for: Directing
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.
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Tokyo dusk
Moh-Roh-Ushi Hot Springs
The sun which shone like a pearl
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Mosaïque en blanc
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Marie from the Sea
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The Soul Odyssey
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Straße - Transient Passage
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Delicate eyelashes
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Chocolate
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Apparition's Moment
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Fragmentation of Night
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Long Good-bye
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Tokyo Nostalgia
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The Night of Copernicus
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Summer Dawn and December Dusk
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Mad Love
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In that Void Moment
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Spring Indication of Night and Autumn Moondrop
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Flower Obi
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Astronomical Symptom
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Winterreise
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Walk to Talk
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Blindfold Proposition
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Looking for my Vision
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