
Isao Yamada
Directing
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 uni
🎬 Movies (30)

Aurora's Flame
2025
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Instability of the Signal
2024
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LES ILLUMINATIONS (Short Version)
2023
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The Night of Copernicus
2020
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Reminiscence
2019
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Endless Flâneuring
2018
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Apparition's Moment
2017
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Straße - Transient Passage
2016
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Mosaïque en blanc
2015
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Marie from the Sea
2014
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In that Void Moment
2014
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Sturm und Drang
2014
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Reflection
2014
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Looking for my Vision
2013
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Instant Memory
2012
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Despair Arabesque
2011
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Spring Indication of Night and Autumn Moondrop
2011
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Mad Love
2010
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Winterreise
2010
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Summer Dawn and December Dusk
2010
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Tokyo Nostalgia
2009
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Walk to Talk
2009
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Velvety Silhouette
2009
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Flower Obi
2009
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Chocolate
2008
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Blindfold Proposition
2008
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Fantacium
2008
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Astronomical Symptom
2008
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Wrong-Side-Out Girl
2008
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Phantom
2008
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