Isao Yamada
Directing · Director · Screenplay · Production Design
Hokkaidō, Japan
Active 1974–present
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.
Filmography
Amorphous diary — DirectorPastoral: To Die in the Country (1974) — Art Department AssistantGrass Labyrinth (1979) — Production DesignThe Boxer (1977) — Art Department AssistantFragmentation of Night (1996) — DirectorSwamp (1999) — Director · WriterGirl Orphee (2001) — DirectorCrystal (1988) — Director · WriterI've Heard the Ammonite Murmur (1992) — Screenplay · DirectorLynx Reel (1987) — DirectorPrism (1999) — DirectorTears of Socks (1994) — DirectorThe Fan of Spiral Shell (1983) — DirectorFeel (2004) — DirectorA Star and a Propeller (2000) — DirectorThe sun which shone like a pearl (2001) — DirectorChocolate (2008) — DirectorHINA (1987) — DirectorLES ILLUMINATIONS (Short Version) (2023) — DirectorInstability of the Signal (2024) — DirectorA silhouette (1986) — DirectorAll Alone (1985) — DirectorThe Crown of Dreams (1994) — DirectorNight of the Milky Way Railroad (1982) — Director