Mikio Yamazaki

Biography

Born in Tokyo in 1959. Began playing around with an 8mm camera in middle school. Won the Fuji 8mm Film Contest with The Happy Days of M ( " M-kun no shiawasena hibi " ) which he made while studying cultural anthropology at Hokkaido University. Has directed over fifty films including Memory of Seaside (1982), Ghosttown at Dawn (1983), Guiding Star (1987), The Cat Night (1992), Pu (1994). Publications include A Contextual Analysis of Canned Coffee and The Whereabouts of a Hero.

Directed

1. LetMeEndWithYou (2003) — Director
2. Guiding Star (1987) — Director
3. Memories of the Seaside (1982) — Director
4. GOOTARIPUTRA (1999) — Director
5. Pu (1994) — Director
6. Ghost Town at Dawn (1983) — Director
7. Filmletter★oufuku IV (1999) — Director
8. Deep Sweets Senior (2017) — Director
9. Phantasmagoria: A Collection of Images Sealed in Darkness (2006) — Director
10. Associations of Silverpencils (2011) — Director
11. Goddess of 8mm film (1994) — Director
12. Deep Sweets Junior (2015) — Director
13. Palm Forest at Night (2011) — Director
14. FAR AWAY (2003) — Director
15. AITAI (2002 Version) (2002) — Director
16. A Rautrec Alley (2005) — Director
17. SPILLING GOLDEN MOON (2002) — Director
18. I Have No Myself To Desert (1993) — Director
19. Rest In Eternalism (2005) — Director
20. Like a Heavenly Edge (2024) — Director
21. Kajol's Pigeon (1996) — Director
22. A Port in Vain (1996) — Director
23. Born in the Mud (1986) — Director
24. The Landroute Goes to the Bottom of Night (1985) — Director
25. The World Lies Down in Scrap (1984) — Director
26. 100 years after (1994) — Director
27. V/M. Drifting (1990) — Director
28. TBX (Noise Version) (1982) — Director
29. Preparation to Take Off (1987) — Director
30. Chill point out period (1984) — Director
31. The Cat Night (1992) — Director
32. Dreamed Lion Dreaming (1996) — Director
33. My Night Heart (2007) — Director
34. GAMUZE 1 (1988) — Director
35. GAMUZE 2 (1988) — Director
36. GAMUZE 3 (1989) — Director
37. GAMUZE 4 (1990) — Director
38. Red Bat Girl (2011) — Director
39. Night is coming soon (2013) — Director
40. Mercury Heart (2015) — Director

Also appeared in

1. Guiding Star (1987)
2. A Port in Vain (1996) — Mickey
3. VIDA (2008)
4. Associations of Silverpencils (2011)
5. Fujica Single Green (2013)
6. The Cat Night (1992) — Yamazaki
7. Red Bat Girl (2011) — Rukani
8. V/M. Releasing (1993)
9. Happy Days of Mr. M (1979)
10. Hi 8 (2011)