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 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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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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Sturm und Drang (2014)
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Marie from the Sea (2014)
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In that Void Moment (2014)
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Looking for my Vision (2013)
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Instant Memory (2012)
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Spring Indication of Night and Autumn Moondrop (2011)
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Despair Arabesque (2011)
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Winterreise (2010)
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Summer Dawn and December Dusk (2010)
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Mad Love (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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Winter has a dream (2008)
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Chocolate (2008)
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Fantacium (2008)
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Astronomical Symptom (2008)
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Blindfold Proposition (2008)
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Phantom (2008)
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Wrong-Side-Out Girl (2008)
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Kidnaper (2007)
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Delicate eyelashes (2007)
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Death at the Door (2007)
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Blue Evening (2007)
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Twilight Umbrella (2006)
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Fragilitat (2006)
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Film letter - OUFUKU V (2006)
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Cat on the tin roof (2005)
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Chrysanthemum Inspiration (2005)
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Skeleton in the Boy's Arms (2005)
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Feel (2004)
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Night Channel (2004)
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Riverside Flower (2004)
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Black Girl (2004)
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Germany: Maiglöckchen (2004)
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Autumn Pathos (2004)
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Heat Haze (2004)
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Cobalt Glass (2004)
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The North Glimmer (2004)
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The other world (2003)
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The Soul Odyssey (2003)
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Winter flower (2003)
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Suspicious Alley (2003)
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Comet (2003)
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Every Day (2002)
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PUZZLE (2001)
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Girl Orphee (2001)
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The sun which shone like a pearl (2001)
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A star and a propeller (2000)
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Moon Globe (2000)
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Swamp (1999)
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Filmletter★oufuku IV (1999)
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Lemon (1999)
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Prism (1999)
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Rain Drops (1999)
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Planetarium (1999)
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Bokutou's Dream's Cat's Love (1999)
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I have been looking at the dream continuously (1998)
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Long Good-bye (1997)
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The Tale of a Match (1996)
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The Dream of Nickle (1996)
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Fragmentation of Night (1996)
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The Tale of a Doll (1996)
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The Descendant of Androgynous (1995)
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A Certain Secret (1995)
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Tears of Socks (1994)
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The Crown of Dreams (1994)
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Travelogue (1994)
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Desire Lost (1994)
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Sakhalin Elegy (1994)
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A moment before both eyes memorize a phenomenon (1993)
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Dress Philosophy (1993)
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Far Away (1993)
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Film letter - OUFUKU III (1993)
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Tokyo dusk (1992)
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I've Heard the Ammonite Murmur (1992)
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Recollect (1991)
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Flamme (1989)
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Incident's (1989)
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Crystal (1988)
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The Sketch of Snow (1988)
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Aesthetic Memory (1988)
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Crystal☆Rehearsal (1988)
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Yearning Is on a Roof (1988)
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Film letter - OUFUKU II (1988)
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Lynx Reel (1987)
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Under the Shoes of Libbs (1987)
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HINA (1987)
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Asilhouette (1986)
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My lost heaven (1986)
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Amorphous diary (1986)
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A lion and violet (1986)
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Merry Christmas (1986)
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Augenblick (1986)
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Film letter - OUFUKU I (1986)
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All Alone (1985)
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Un Image (1985)
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Sad Gadolf (1984)
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The fan of spiral shell (1983)
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CHIME’RE (1983)
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Night of the Milky Way Railroad (1982)
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Way home (1981)
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A Marine Barber (1980)
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Grass Labyrinth (1979)
Production Design
Night Window (1978)
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An incident of night (1977)
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Boxer (1977)
Art Department Assistant
Pastoral: To Die in the Country (1974)
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