Biography
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.
Filmography
all 117
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LES ILLUMINATIONS (Short Version) (2023)
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The Night of Copernicus (2020)
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Reminiscence (2019)
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Endless Flâneuring (2018)
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Apparition's Moment (2017)
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Straße - Transient Passage (2016)
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Mosaïque en blanc (2015)
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Sturm und Drang (2014)
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Marie from the Sea (2014)
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In that Void Moment (2014)
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Reflection (2014)
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Looking for my Vision (2013)
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Instant Memory (2012)
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Despair Arabesque (2011)
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Spring Indication of Night and Autumn Moondrop (2011)
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Mad Love (2010)
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Summer Dawn and December Dusk (2010)
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Winterreise (2010)
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Flower Obi (2009)
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Velvety Silhouette (2009)
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Walk to Talk (2009)
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Tokyo Nostalgia (2009)
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Winter has a dream (2008)
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Wrong-Side-Out Girl (2008)
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Phantom (2008)
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Blindfold Proposition (2008)
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Fantacium (2008)
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Astronomical Symptom (2008)
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Chocolate (2008)
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Kidnaper (2007)
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Blue Evening (2007)
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Death at the Door (2007)
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Delicate eyelashes (2007)
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Film letter - OUFUKU V (2006)
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Twilight Umbrella (2006)
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Fragilitat (2006)
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Cat on the tin roof (2005)
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Chrysanthemum Inspiration (2005)
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Skeleton in the Boy's Arms (2005)
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Germany: Maiglöckchen (2004)
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Feel (2004)
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The North Glimmer (2004)
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Cobalt Glass (2004)
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Heat Haze (2004)
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Autumn Pathos (2004)
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Black Girl (2004)
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Riverside Flower (2004)
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Night Channel (2004)
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The other world (2003)
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The Soul Odyssey (2003)
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Winter flower (2003)
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Comet (2003)
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Suspicious Alley (2003)
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Every Day (2002)
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PUZZLE (2001)
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Girl Orphee (2001)
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The sun which shone like a pearl (2001)
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A star and a propeller (2000)
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Moon Globe (2000)
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Swamp (1999)
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Filmletter★oufuku IV (1999)
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Prism (1999)
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Lemon (1999)
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Bokutou's Dream's Cat's Love (1999)
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Planetarium (1999)
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Rain Drops (1999)
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I have been looking at the dream continuously (1998)
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Long Good-bye (1997)
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The Tale of a Match (1996)
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The Dream of Nickle (1996)
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Fragmentation of Night (1996)
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The Tale of a Doll (1996)
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The Descendant of Androgynous (1995)
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A Certain Secret (1995)
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Tears of Socks (1994)
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The Crown of Dreams (1994)
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Travelogue (1994)
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Sakhalin Elegy (1994)
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Desire Lost (1994)
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Film letter - OUFUKU III (1993)
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Far Away (1993)
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Dress Philosophy (1993)
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A moment before both eyes memorize a phenomenon (1993)
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Tokyo dusk (1992)
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I've Heard the Ammonite Murmur (1992)
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Recollect (1991)
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Flamme (1989)
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Incident's (1989)
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The Sketch of Snow (1988)
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Crystal (1988)
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Crystal☆Rehearsal (1988)
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Aesthetic Memory (1988)
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Film letter - OUFUKU II (1988)
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Yearning Is on a Roof (1988)
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Lynx Reel (1987)
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HINA (1987)
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Under the Shoes of Libbs (1987)
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Asilhouette (1986)
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My lost heaven (1986)
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Amorphous diary (1986)
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A lion and violet (1986)
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Merry Christmas (1986)
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Film letter - OUFUKU I (1986)
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Augenblick (1986)
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All Alone (1985)
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Un Image (1985)
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Sad Gadolf (1984)
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The fan of spiral shell (1983)
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CHIME’RE (1983)
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Night of the Milky Way Railroad (1982)
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Way home (1981)
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A Marine Barber (1980)
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Grass Labyrinth (1979)
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Night Window (1978)
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An incident of night (1977)
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Boxer (1977)
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Pastoral: To Die in the Country (1974)
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