Mako Idemitsu

Mako Idemitsu

Directing

January 1, 1940Tōkyō, 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.

Known for

KIKAIDE MIRUKOTO = Eye Machine / To See by Chance –The Pioneers of Japanese Video Arts–

KIKAIDE MIRUKOTO = Eye Machine / To See by Chance –The Pioneers of Japanese Video Arts–

2013

Great Mother (YUMIKO)

Great Mother (YUMIKO)

1983

Kae, Act Like A Girl

Kae, Act Like A Girl

1996

Kiyoko's Situation

Kiyoko's Situation

1989

Yoji, What's Wrong With You?

Yoji, What's Wrong With You?

1987

The Marriage of Yasushi

The Marriage of Yasushi

1986

Make Up

Make Up

1978

At Any Place 4: From the Tango of a Housewife by Yoneyama Mamako

At Any Place 4: From the Tango of a Housewife by Yoneyama Mamako

1978

Another Day of a Housewife

Another Day of a Housewife

1977

Great Mother (Sachiko)

Great Mother (Sachiko)

1986

Directing45

The Past Ahead

2000

Director

Kae, Act Like A Girl

Kae, Act Like A Girl

1996

Director

Kiyoko's Situation

Kiyoko's Situation

1989

Director

Yoji, What's Wrong With You?

Yoji, What's Wrong With You?

1987

Director

Great Mother (Sachiko)

Great Mother (Sachiko)

1986

Director

Hideo, It's Me, Mama

Hideo, It's Me, Mama

1986

Director

The Marriage of Yasushi

The Marriage of Yasushi

1986

Director

Whispering Light

Whispering Light

1985

Director

Play and Capriciousness

Play and Capriciousness

1984

Director

Great Mother (YUMIKO)

Great Mother (YUMIKO)

1983

Director

Great Mother (Harumi)

Great Mother (Harumi)

1983

Director

Shadow Part 2

Shadow Part 2

1982

Director

Animus Part 1

Animus Part 1

1982

Director

Animus Part 2

Animus Part 2

1982

Director

Toryanse

Toryanse

1982

Director

Emotional Volatility About My Father

Emotional Volatility About My Father

1981

Director

Shadow Part 1

Shadow Part 1

1980

Director

My America, Your America

My America, Your America

1980

Director

Housewives and a Day

Housewives and a Day

1979

Director

At Yukigaya 4

At Yukigaya 4

1979

Director

Make Up

Make Up

1978

Director

At Any Place 4: From the Tango of a Housewife by Yoneyama Mamako

At Any Place 4: From the Tango of a Housewife by Yoneyama Mamako

1978

Director

At Any Place 5

At Any Place 5

1978

Director

At Karuizawa 1

At Karuizawa 1

1978

Director

Another Day of a Housewife

Another Day of a Housewife

1977

Director

Women

1977

Director

At Any Place 3

At Any Place 3

1977

Director

At Yukigaya 3

At Yukigaya 3

1977

Director

At Any Place 2

At Any Place 2

1975

Director

Something Within Me

Something Within Me

1975

Director

At Any Place 1

At Any Place 1

1975

Director

At Santa Monica 3

At Santa Monica 3

1975

Director

At New Mexico 1

At New Mexico 1

1975

Director

At Yukigaya 1

At Yukigaya 1

1974

Director

Baby Variations

Baby Variations

1974

Director

At Santa Monica 2

At Santa Monica 2

1974

Director

At Yukigaya 2

At Yukigaya 2

1974

Director

Sam Are You Listening?

Sam Are You Listening?

1974

Director

What a Woman Made

What a Woman Made

1973

Director

At Santa Monica 1

At Santa Monica 1

1973

Director

Next

Next

1973

Director

Woman's House

Woman's House

1972

Director

Inner Man

Inner Man

1972

Director

Hi! Eckard

1970

Director

You Can't Get What You Want

You Can't Get What You Want

1970

Director

Acting1

KIKAIDE MIRUKOTO = Eye Machine / To See by Chance –The Pioneers of Japanese Video Arts–

KIKAIDE MIRUKOTO = Eye Machine / To See by Chance –The Pioneers of Japanese Video Arts–

2013

Writing1

Kae, Act Like A Girl

Kae, Act Like A Girl

1996

Writer