Directing
Mako Idemitsu
Born January 1, 1940 Tōkyō, Japan
Biography
Experimental video artist Mako Idemitsu creates domestic narratives, that examine female identity within the context of the contemporary Japanese family. Echoing and subverting the popular melodramas of Japanese television, she applies a women's liberationist critique to her fictions of the psychological "family romance." Dramatising the strict gender roles that shape mother-child and husband-wife relationships, she explores the role of women in a patriarchal, mediated culture.
Directed Films
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Kae, Act Like A Girl
1996
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Kiyoko's Situation
1989
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Yoji, What's Wrong With You?
1987·Drama
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Great Mother (Sachiko)
1986
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Hideo, It's Me, Mama
1986·Drama
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The Marriage of Yasushi
1986
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Whispering Light
1985
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Play and Capriciousness
1984
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Great Mother (YUMIKO)
1983
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Shadow Part 2
1982
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Animus Part 1
1982
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Animus Part 2
1982
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Toryanse
1982
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Emotional Volatility About My Father
1981
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Shadow Part 1
1980
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My America, Your America
1980
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Housewives and a Day
1979·Documentary
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At Yukigaya 4
1979
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Make Up
1978
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At Any Place 4: From the Tango of a Housewife by Yoneyama Mamako
1978
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At Any Place 5
1978
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At Karuizawa 1
1978
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Another Day of a Housewife
1977·Drama
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At Any Place 3
1977
