Isao Yamada
Directing · 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
Directed
Aurora's Flame
2025
Instability of the Signal
20246.0
LES ILLUMINATIONS (Short Version)
20236.0
The Night of Copernicus
2020
Reminiscence
2019
Endless Flâneuring
20185.0
Apparition's Moment
20175.0
Straße - Transient Passage
2016
Mosaïque en blanc
2015
Sturm und Drang
2014
Marie from the Sea
2014
Reflection
20145.0
Instant Memory
2012
Despair Arabesque
2011
Tokyo Nostalgia
2009
Chocolate
20086.0
Winter has a dream
20086.0
Distant View of Funemakura
2007
Delicate eyelashes
2007
Film letter - OUFUKU V
2006
Cat on the tin roof
20055.0
Chrysanthemum Inspiration
20055.0
Germany: Maiglöckchen
2004
The North Glimmer
2004
Feel
20047.0
The other world
2003
The Soul Odyssey
20034.0
Comet
2003
Winter Flower
20035.5
Every Day
2002
PUZZLE
2001
Girl Orphee
20018.0
The sun which shone like a pearl
20016.0
A Star and a Propeller
20006.0
Swamp
19998.0
Filmletter★oufuku IV
19995.0
Prism
19997.0
I have been looking at the dream continuously
1998
Long Good-bye
1997
Fragmentation of Night
19968.0
The Descendant of Androgynous
1995
The Crown of Dreams
19946.0
Tears of Socks
19947.0
Travelogue
1994
Sakhalin Elegy
1994
Tokyo Dusk
1992
I've Heard the Ammonite Murmur
19927.3
Incident's
19895.0
Flamme
19893.5
Crystal
19887.3
The Sketch of Snow
1988
Crystal☆Rehearsal
19885.0
Aesthetic Memory
19886.0
Lynx Reel
19876.5
HINA
19876.0
A silhouette
19866.0
My lost heaven
19865.0
A lion and violet
1986
Merry Christmas
19866.0
All Alone
19856.0
Un Image
19855.0
Sad Gadolf
1984
The Fan of Spiral Shell
19837.0
Night of the Milky Way Railroad
19826.0
Way home
1981
A Marine Barber
1980
Night Window
19785.0
An incident of night
1977
Amorphous diary
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