Isao Yamada
- Known for
- Directing
- Birthplace
- 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 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
Amorphous diary TBA
Director
Aurora's Flame 2025
Director
Instability of the Signal 2024
Director
LES ILLUMINATIONS (Short Version) 2023
Director
The Night of Copernicus 2020
Director
Reminiscence 2019
Director
Endless Flâneuring 2018
Director
Apparition's Moment 2017
Director
Straße - Transient Passage 2016
Director
Mosaïque en blanc 2015
Director
Sturm und Drang 2014
Director
Reflection 2014
Director
- In that Void Moment
In that Void Moment 2014
Director
Marie from the Sea 2014
Director
- Looking for my Vision
Looking for my Vision 2013
Director
Instant Memory 2012
Director
Despair Arabesque 2011
Director
- Spring Indication of Night and Autumn Moondrop
Spring Indication of Night and Autumn Moondrop 2011
Director
- Winterreise
Winterreise 2010
Director
- Mad Love
Mad Love 2010
Director
- Summer Dawn and December Dusk
Summer Dawn and December Dusk 2010
Director
- Velvety Silhouette
Velvety Silhouette 2009
Director
- Walk to Talk
Walk to Talk 2009
Director
- Flower Obi
Flower Obi 2009
Director
Tokyo Nostalgia 2009
Director
Winter has a dream 2008
Director
- Wrong-Side-Out Girl
Wrong-Side-Out Girl 2008
Director
- Fantacium
Fantacium 2008
Director
- Blindfold Proposition
Blindfold Proposition 2008
Director
- Astronomical Symptom
Astronomical Symptom 2008
Director
- Phantom
Phantom 2008
Director
Chocolate 2008
Director
Distant View of Funemakura 2007
Director
- Death at the Door
Death at the Door 2007
Director
- Blue Evening
Blue Evening 2007
Director
Delicate eyelashes 2007
Director
- Fragilitat
Fragilitat 2006
Director
Film letter - OUFUKU V 2006
Director
- Twilight Umbrella
Twilight Umbrella 2006
Director
Cat on the tin roof 2005
Director
Chrysanthemum Inspiration 2005
Screenplay, Director
- Skeleton in the Boy's Arms
Skeleton in the Boy's Arms 2005
Director
Playing Pretend 2004
Actor
Feel 2004
Director
The North Glimmer 2004
Director
Germany: Maiglöckchen 2004
Director
- Heat Haze
Heat Haze 2004
Director
- Autumn Pathos
Autumn Pathos 2004
Director
- Cobalt Glass
Cobalt Glass 2004
Director
- Riverside Flower
Riverside Flower 2004
Director
- Night Channel
Night Channel 2004
Director
- Black Girl
Black Girl 2004
Director
The other world 2003
Director
The Soul Odyssey 2003
Director, Screenplay
Winter Flower 2003
Director
- Suspicious Alley
Suspicious Alley 2003
Director
Comet 2003
Director
Every Day 2002
Director
Girl Orphee 2001
Director
PUZZLE 2001
Director
The sun which shone like a pearl 2001
Director
A Star and a Propeller 2000
Director
Moh-Roh-Ushi Hot Springs 2000
Actor
- Moon Globe
Moon Globe 2000
Director
Swamp 1999
Director, Writer
Filmletter★oufuku IV 1999
Director
- Planetarium
Planetarium 1999
Director
- Rain Drops
Rain Drops 1999
Director
Prism 1999
Director
- Bokutou's Dream's Cat's Love
Bokutou's Dream's Cat's Love 1999
Director
- Lemon
Lemon 1999
Director
I have been looking at the dream continuously 1998
Director
Long Good-bye 1997
Director
- The Tale of a Match
The Tale of a Match 1996
Director
- The Dream of Nickle
The Dream of Nickle 1996
Director
- The Tale of a Doll
The Tale of a Doll 1996
Director
Fragmentation of Night 1996
Director
The Descendant of Androgynous 1995
Director
- A Certain Secret
A Certain Secret 1995
Director
Tears of Socks 1994
Director
The Crown of Dreams 1994
Director
Travelogue 1994
Director
Sakhalin Elegy 1994
Director
- Desire Lost
Desire Lost 1994
Director
- Far Away
Far Away 1993
Director
- Dress Philosophy
Dress Philosophy 1993
Director
- A moment before both eyes memorize a phenomenon
A moment before both eyes memorize a phenomenon 1993
Director
- Film letter - OUFUKU III
Film letter - OUFUKU III 1993
Director
Tokyo Dusk 1992
Actor, Director
I've Heard the Ammonite Murmur 1992
Screenplay, Director
- Recollect
Recollect 1991
Director
Flamme 1989
Director
Incident's 1989
Director
The Sketch of Snow 1988
Director
Crystal 1988
Director, Writer
Aesthetic Memory 1988
Director
Crystal☆Rehearsal 1988
Director
- Yearning Is on a Roof
Yearning Is on a Roof 1988
Director
- Film letter - OUFUKU II
Film letter - OUFUKU II 1988
Director
Lynx Reel 1987
Director
HINA 1987
Director
- Under the Shoes of Libbs
Under the Shoes of Libbs 1987
Director
My lost heaven 1986
Director
A silhouette 1986
Director
Merry Christmas 1986
Director
A lion and violet 1986
Director
- Augenblick
Augenblick 1986
Director
- Film letter - OUFUKU I
Film letter - OUFUKU I 1986
Director
Un Image 1985
Director
All Alone 1985
Director
Sad Gadolf 1984
Director
The Fan of Spiral Shell 1983
Director
- CHIME’RE
CHIME’RE 1983
Director
Night of the Milky Way Railroad 1982
Director
Way home 1981
Director
A Marine Barber 1980
Director
Grass Labyrinth 1979
Production Design
Night Window 1978
Director
An incident of night 1977
Director
The Boxer 1977
Art Department Assistant
Pastoral: To Die in the Country 1974
Art Department Assistant
Credits from TMDB.