Mako Idemitsu
Known for
Directing
Born
January 1, 1940 (age 86)
Birthplace
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.
Best known work
At Santa Monica 1
1973
KIKAIDE MIRUKOTO = Eye Machine / To See by Chance –The Pioneers of Japanese Video Arts–
2013
Yoji, What's Wrong With You?
1987
Kae, Act Like A Girl
1996
Kiyoko's Situation
1989
Great Mother (YUMIKO)
1983
What a Woman Made
1973
The Marriage of Yasushi
1986
Make Up
1978
At Any Place 4: From the Tango of a Housewife by Yoneyama Mamako
1978Filmography
2013
2000
The Past AheadDirector
1996
Kae, Act Like A GirlDirector, Writer
1989
Kiyoko's SituationDirector
1987
Yoji, What's Wrong With You?Director
1986
Great Mother (Sachiko)Director
1986
Hideo, It's Me, MamaDirector
1986
The Marriage of YasushiDirector
1985
Whispering LightDirector
1984
Play and CapriciousnessDirector
1983
Great Mother (YUMIKO)Director
1983
Great Mother (Harumi)Director
1982
Shadow Part 2Director
1982
Animus Part 1Director
1982
Animus Part 2Director
1982
ToryanseDirector
1981
1980
Shadow Part 1Director
1980
My America, Your AmericaDirector
1979
Housewives and a DayDirector
1979
At Yukigaya 4Director
1978
Make UpDirector
1978
1978
At Any Place 5Director
1978
At Karuizawa 1Director