Isao Yamada Movies

In the midst of a match, Hayato, a successful boxer, has had enough of the sport. He lets himself get knocked out, and quits boxing, leaving his...

A director faces creative block while working on his latest film – a reimagination of his adolescence growing up in a mountain village in rural...

A documentary that centers on filmmaker Mikio Yamazaki, exploring his artistic vision and his feelings towards 8mm film, the primary medium of his...

Akira is haunted by a "bouncing ball" song that he remembers his mother singing when he was a small child, and now on the verge of a sexually active...

A young man is on an inner journey as he searches for meaning in love, eroticism and marriage. He boards a train, and all the clocks are mirrored...

A young geologist is traveling by train to visit his sister in the countryside after having received a mysterious letter from her.

In the winter of 1922 (Taisho 11), a poet and social activist Nakahama Tetsu returned from a wandering journey to reunite with Furuta Daijiro and...

A short version of the 3-hour-long film for the exhibition featuring a film installation and photographic works based on Yamada ongoing 81-reel...

Crystal unfolds as a series of evocative, non-linear vignettes where fleeting images and sensations merge into a meditation on memory and time. A...

A cinematic stroll through Germany.

A nonsense piece. It starts with the fact that there are two butters in the fridge at home, one for the top and one for the bottom, and then for some...

Eerie images of landscapes after the Fukushima nuclear disaster shot on black and white 8mm.

Why do people wave their hands when they say goodbye? We embarked on a dream journey from Borges' The Circular Ruins. Filmed in 16mm by the Japanese...

An 8mm film by Isao Yamada.

Experimental work by Isao Yamada (Color, 8mm).