Mako Idemitsu

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Mako Idemitsu

Directing 86 January 1, 1940

Tōkyō, Japan

Experimental video artist Mako Idemitsu creates domestic narratives, that examine female identity within the context of the contemporary Japanese family. Echoing and subverting th…

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Inner Man

Inner Man

1972 Movie
Baby Variations

Baby Variations

1974 Movie
Make Up

Make Up

1978 Movie
Next

Next

1973 Movie
At Santa Monica 1

At Santa Monica 1

5.0 1973 Movie
Kiyoko's Situation

Kiyoko's Situation

1989 Movie
Hideo, It's Me, Mama

Hideo, It's Me, Mama

1986 Movie
At Any Place 1

At Any Place 1

1975 Movie
KIKAIDE MIRUKOTO = Eye Machine / To See by Chance –The Pioneers of Japanese Video Arts–

KIKAIDE MIRUKOTO = Eye Machine / To See by Chance –The Pioneers of Japanese Video Arts–

2013 Movie
At New Mexico 1

At New Mexico 1

1975 Movie
Woman's House

Woman's House

1972 Movie
At Yukigaya 1

At Yukigaya 1

1974 Movie

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Experimental video artist Mako Idemitsu creates domestic narratives, that examine female identity within the context of the contemporary Japanese family. Echoing and subverting the popular melodramas of Japanese television, she applies a women's liberationist critique to her fictions of the psychological "family romance." Dramatising the strict gender roles that shape mother-child and husband-wife relationships, she explores the role of women in a patriarchal, mediated culture.

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2013
    KIKAIDE MIRUKOTO = Eye Machine / To See by Chance –The Pioneers of Japanese Video Arts–

    Movie

  2. 2000
    The Past Ahead

    Movie Director

  3. 1996
    Kae, Act Like A Girl

    Movie Director

  4. 1989
    Kiyoko's Situation

    Movie Director

  5. 1987
    Yoji, What's Wrong With You?

    Movie Director

  6. 1986
    Hideo, It's Me, Mama

    Movie Director

  7. 1986
    Great Mother (Sachiko)

    Movie Director

  8. 1986
    The Marriage of Yasushi

    Movie Director

  9. 1985
    Whispering Light

    Movie Director

  10. 1984
    Play and Capriciousness

    Movie Director

  11. 1983
    Great Mother (YUMIKO)

    Movie Director

  12. 1983
    Great Mother (Harumi)

    Movie Director

  13. 1982
    Animus Part 1

    Movie Director

  14. 1982
    Animus Part 2

    Movie Director

  15. 1982
    Shadow Part 2

    Movie Director

  16. 1982
    Toryanse

    Movie Director

More credits
  1. 1981
    Emotional Volatility About My Father

    Movie Director

  2. 1980
    My America, Your America

    Movie Director

  3. 1980
    Shadow Part 1

    Movie Director

  4. 1979
    Housewives and a Day

    Movie Director

  5. 1979
    At Yukigaya 4

    Movie Director

  6. 1978
    Make Up

    Movie Director

  7. 1978
    At Any Place 5

    Movie Director

  8. 1978
    At Any Place 4: From the Tango of a Housewife by Yoneyama Mamako

    Movie Director

  9. 1978
    At Karuizawa 1

    Movie Director

  10. 1977
    Women

    Movie Director

  11. 1977
    At Yukigaya 3

    Movie Director

  12. 1977
    At Any Place 3

    Movie Director

  13. 1977
    Another Day of a Housewife

    Movie Director

  14. 1975
    At Any Place 2

    Movie Director

  15. 1975
    Something Within Me

    Movie Director

  16. 1975
    At Any Place 1

    Movie Director

  17. 1975
    At New Mexico 1

    Movie Director

  18. 1975
    At Santa Monica 3

    Movie Director

  19. 1974
    At Yukigaya 1

    Movie Director

  20. 1974
    Baby Variations

    Movie Director

  21. 1974
    At Yukigaya 2

    Movie Director

  22. 1974
    At Santa Monica 2

    Movie Director

  23. 1974
    Sam Are You Listening?

    Movie Director

  24. 1973
    What a Woman Made

    Movie Director