Portrait of Isao Yamada

Directing

Isao Yamada

Career

Active from 1977 to 2025, busiest in 2004 with 9 main titles.

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Main genres

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Recurring tags

  • Experimental Animation 2
  • 8mm Film 2
  • Surreal Imagery 2
  • Abstract Narrative 2
  • Avant-Garde 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

119
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
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Upcoming

1 title
Amorphous diary
Amorphous diary

Director

2020s

4 titles
Aurora's Flame
Aurora's Flame (2025)

Director

Instability of the Signal
Instability of the Signal (2024)

Director

LES ILLUMINATIONS (Short Version)
LES ILLUMINATIONS (Short Version) (2023)

Director

The Night of Copernicus
The Night of Copernicus (2020)

Director

2010s

16 titles
Reminiscence
Reminiscence (2019)

Director

Endless Flâneuring
Endless Flâneuring (2018)

Director

Apparition's Moment
Apparition's Moment (2017)

Director

Mosaïque en blanc
Mosaïque en blanc (2015)

Director

Sturm und Drang
Sturm und Drang (2014)

Director

Reflection
Reflection (2014)

Director

In that Void Moment
In that Void Moment (2014)

Director

Looking for my Vision
Looking for my Vision (2013)

Director

Spring Indication of Night and Autumn Moondrop
Spring Indication of Night and Autumn Moondrop (2011)

Director

Despair Arabesque
Despair Arabesque (2011)

Director

Winterreise
Winterreise (2010)

Director

Summer Dawn and December Dusk
Summer Dawn and December Dusk (2010)

Director

2000s

41 titles
Chocolate
Chocolate (2008)

Director

Winter has a dream
Winter has a dream (2008)

Director

Fantacium
Fantacium (2008)

Director

Chrysanthemum Inspiration
Chrysanthemum Inspiration (2005)

Screenplay, Director

Cat on the tin roof
Cat on the tin roof (2005)

Director

Feel
Feel (2004)

Director

The Soul Odyssey
The Soul Odyssey (2003)

Screenplay, Director

Winter Flower
Winter Flower (2003)

Director

The other world
The other world (2003)

Director

Girl Orphee
Girl Orphee (2001)

Director

The sun which shone like a pearl
The sun which shone like a pearl (2001)

Director

A Star and a Propeller
A Star and a Propeller (2000)

Director

1990s

27 titles
Swamp
Swamp (1999)

Director, Writer

Filmletter★oufuku IV
Filmletter★oufuku IV (1999)

Director

Prism
Prism (1999)

Director

Rain Drops
Rain Drops (1999)

Director

I have been looking at the dream continuously
I have been looking at the dream continuously (1998)

Director

Fragmentation of Night
Fragmentation of Night (1996)

Director

The Tale of a Doll
The Tale of a Doll (1996)

Director

The Descendant of Androgynous
The Descendant of Androgynous (1995)

Director

Tears of Socks
Tears of Socks (1994)

Director

The Crown of Dreams
The Crown of Dreams (1994)

Director

Sakhalin Elegy
Sakhalin Elegy (1994)

Director

I've Heard the Ammonite Murmur
I've Heard the Ammonite Murmur (1992)

Screenplay, Director

1980s

25 titles
Flamme
Flamme (1989)

Director

Incident's
Incident's (1989)

Director

Crystal
Crystal (1988)

Writer, Director

Crystal☆Rehearsal
Crystal☆Rehearsal (1988)

Director

Aesthetic Memory
Aesthetic Memory (1988)

Director

Lynx Reel
Lynx Reel (1987)

Director

HINA
HINA (1987)

Director

A silhouette
A silhouette (1986)

Director

Un Image
Un Image (1985)

Director

All Alone
All Alone (1985)

Director

The Fan of Spiral Shell
The Fan of Spiral Shell (1983)

Director

Night of the Milky Way Railroad
Night of the Milky Way Railroad (1982)

Director

1970s

5 titles · average score 71
Grass Labyrinth
Grass Labyrinth (1979)
GoodWatch score 78

Production Design

Night Window
Night Window (1978)

Director

The Boxer
The Boxer (1977)
GoodWatch score 55

Art Department Assistant

An incident of night
An incident of night (1977)

Director

Pastoral: To Die in the Country
Pastoral: To Die in the Country (1974)
GoodWatch score 81

Art Department Assistant