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Isao Yamada
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…
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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.
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2025
Aurora's Flame
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2024
Instability of the Signal
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2023
LES ILLUMINATIONS (Short Version)
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2020
The Night of Copernicus
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2019
Reminiscence
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2018
Endless Flâneuring
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2017
Apparition's Moment
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2016
Straße - Transient Passage
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2015
Mosaïque en blanc
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2014
Sturm und Drang
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2014
Reflection
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2014
Marie from the Sea
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2014
In that Void Moment
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2013
Looking for my Vision
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2012
Instant Memory
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2011
Despair Arabesque
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2011
Spring Indication of Night and Autumn Moondrop
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2010
Summer Dawn and December Dusk
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2010
Winterreise
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2010
Mad Love
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2009
Velvety Silhouette
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2009
Tokyo Nostalgia
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2009
Walk to Talk
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2009
Flower Obi
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2008
Chocolate
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2008
Winter has a dream
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2008
Blindfold Proposition
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2008
Wrong-Side-Out Girl
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2008
Phantom
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2008
Astronomical Symptom
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2008
Fantacium
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2007
Distant View of Funemakura
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2007
Delicate eyelashes
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2007
Blue Evening
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2007
Death at the Door
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2006
Twilight Umbrella
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2006
Film letter - OUFUKU V
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2006
Fragilitat
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2005
Cat on the tin roof
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2005
Chrysanthemum Inspiration
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