Isao Yamada

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.

Directed

1. The Soul Odyssey (2003) — Director
2. I've Heard the Ammonite Murmur (1992) — Director
3. Lynx Reel (1987) — Director
4. Crystal (1988) — Director
5. A Star and a Propeller (2000) — Director
6. Crystal☆Rehearsal (1988) — Director
7. Flamme (1989) — Director
8. Reflection (2014) — Director
9. Instability of the Signal (2024) — Director
10. Endless Flâneuring (2018) — Director
11. Night Window (1978) — Director
12. Night of the Milky Way Railroad (1982) — Director
13. Girl Orphee (2001) — Director
14. Filmletter★oufuku IV (1999) — Director
15. Winter Flower (2003) — Director
16. Chrysanthemum Inspiration (2005) — Director
17. The sun which shone like a pearl (2001) — Director
18. Mosaïque en blanc (2015) — Director
19. Marie from the Sea (2014) — Director
20. Straße - Transient Passage (2016) — Director
21. Delicate eyelashes (2007) — Director
22. Chocolate (2008) — Director
23. Apparition's Moment (2017) — Director
24. Fragmentation of Night (1996) — Director
25. Long Good-bye (1997) — Director
26. Tokyo Nostalgia (2009) — Director
27. The Night of Copernicus (2020) — Director
28. Summer Dawn and December Dusk (2010) — Director
29. Mad Love (2010) — Director
30. In that Void Moment (2014) — Director
31. Phantom (2008) — Director
32. Spring Indication of Night and Autumn Moondrop (2011) — Director
33. Flower Obi (2009) — Director
34. Astronomical Symptom (2008) — Director
35. Winterreise (2010) — Director
36. Walk to Talk (2009) — Director
37. Blindfold Proposition (2008) — Director
38. Looking for my Vision (2013) — Director
39. Velvety Silhouette (2009) — Director
40. Fantacium (2008) — Director

Also appeared in

1. Tokyo Dusk (1992)
2. Moh-Roh-Ushi Hot Springs (2000)