Isao Yamada - Contours of Shadow

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DVD with the film collection "Contours of Shadow" by Isao Yamada

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ISAO YMADA started his artistic career by working at Shuji Terayama's theatre company, Tenjousajiki. In 1974, he was appointed as an artistic crew for Terayama's feature-film, "Denen ni Shisu" (Pastoral: To Die in the Country). As a film director, Yamada's release includes "Anmonaito no sasayaki wo kiita" (I’ve heard the ammonite’s murmur:1992), "Jouhatsu Tabinikki" (The Soul Odyssey: 2003) based on the essay by Yoshiharu Tsuge, and "Shutorumu undo Doranku" (Sturm und Drang, 2014). In addition to his work in cinema, Yamada is also known for his work in manga, painting and graphic design. The calligraphic fonts used in his experimental films are all by his own hand writings. More information on the official site: www.yamavicascope.com

Yamada Isao DVD ☆Contours of Shadow
This volume Includes Yamada’s first private film, "Amorphous diary" (1985) and his first film of shadow which became the signature of his future experimental films.

"Apart from the contours of the body, I feel that people have another kind of contours, the contours of the person’s psyche. The contours of his/her psyche represent a person's whole personality. It is a contour that expresses the person's undeniable identity at a deeper level than what can be traced in a form. The contours of Yamada that I see are not emotional at all."
-Nobuko Watabiki

FILMS
A silhouette (1986), 15min, colour, 8mm
All Alone (1985), 10min, colour, 8mm
My lost heaven (1986), 5min, colour, 8mm
Amorphous diary (1985), 37min, colour, 8mm

Technical details
Author : Isao Yamada
Format : DVD, Region ALL, Stereo
Original Format : 8mm
Year : 1985, 1986
Language : Japanese (no dialogue)
Run time : 15 min + 10 min + 5 min +37 min
Editor : October Light
Telecine support : Cinevis

VIDEO CLIP (All Alone,1985)

Author(s) Isao Yamada, Minatoya Yumekichi
Format DVD, Region ALL, Stereo
Original format 8mm & 16mm
Year 1977, 1978, 1980, 1981,1982, 1983, 1984, 1987
Language(s) Japanese (mostly no dialogue)
Runtime total 204 min
Publisher Kougeisha

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