Mako Idemitsu
Directing·January 1, 1940 — 86 years old·Tōkyō, Japan
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.
Filmography · 46
2013KIKAIDE MIRUKOTO = Eye Machine / To See by Chance –The Pioneers of Japanese Video Arts–2000The Past AheadDirector1996Kae, Act Like A GirlDirector · Writer1989Kiyoko's SituationDirector1987Yoji, What's Wrong With You?Director1986Great Mother (Sachiko)Director1986Hideo, It's Me, MamaDirector1986The Marriage of YasushiDirector1985Whispering LightDirector1984Play and CapriciousnessDirector1983Great Mother (YUMIKO)Director1983Great Mother (Harumi)Director1982Shadow Part 2Director1982Animus Part 1Director1982Animus Part 2Director1982ToryanseDirector1981Emotional Volatility About My FatherDirector1980Shadow Part 1Director1980My America, Your AmericaDirector1979Housewives and a DayDirector1979At Yukigaya 4Director1978Make UpDirector1978At Any Place 4: From the Tango of a Housewife by Yoneyama MamakoDirector1978At Any Place 5Director1978At Karuizawa 1Director1977Another Day of a HousewifeDirector1977WomenDirector1977At Any Place 3Director1977At Yukigaya 3Director1975At Any Place 2Director1975Something Within MeDirector1975At Any Place 1Director1975At Santa Monica 3Director1975At New Mexico 1Director1974At Yukigaya 1Director1974Baby VariationsDirector1974At Santa Monica 2Director1974At Yukigaya 2Director1974Sam Are You Listening?Director1973What a Woman MadeDirector1973At Santa Monica 1Director1973NextDirector1972Woman's HouseDirector1972Inner ManDirector1970Hi! EckardDirector1970You Can't Get What You WantDirector