Mako Idemitsu Movies

This film shows lofty sentiments with music by Aki Takahashi. Idemitsu’s mental images are beautifully and sensuously filmed; a mass of snails...

Images of a beautiful mountain sunset overlaps images of a crowd walking in a hurry.

Housewives who find faults in other women that they refuse to admit in themselves, gossiping about them as if it were none of their business. This...

This abstract film shows images of tree shadows or natural light of summer sky. Its use of special B/W film creates sharp contrasts depicting...

One man's life is expressed in a form of a mime with a factories' chimneys are placed as its backdrop.

In Kae, Act Like A Girl, Idemitsu continues her experimental narrative exploration of women's roles in contemporary Japan with a tale of women's...

The second part of a trilogy, Great Mother (YUMIKO) is a domestic melodrama that examines the cultural and familial role of Japanese women by tracing...

A plan of a house that is reminiscent of a miniature garden used as a psychological treatment to assist in self-confirmation at a middle-class...

This work portrays 'Animus,' a Jungian concept representing the masculine aspect within women. The Animus embodies both positive and negative...

At Yukigaya 1, 1974, film, 3 min, color. A comical mindscape, the film stars Sam Francis who was Idemitsu’s ex-husband.

This film is requiem for Idemitsu's father's death.

Idemitsu reflects on her family and the war waged by Japan at the beginning of last century in Asia

Under the wild cloudy skies of New Mexico, Idemitsu reflected on the history of the native Americans.

This film was made for a 3 minutes film festival held in Japan. A cup noodle is ready in 3 minutes.

Whispering Light, 1985, film, 10:50 min, color In this emblematic personal film, light and shadow of plants is successfully constructed over the...

This work portrays 'Animus,' a Jungian concept representing the masculine side of the female psyche. It embodies the 'Animus image' felt upon viewing...

In this work, the subconscious problems of a daughter who rejects going school is illustrated based on the concept of the Great Mother, a...

Commissioned by the American Center Japan, Idemitsu made a video introducing her husband Sam Francis. She interviewed 5 people about their views of...

Depicts one weekend of a gay couple. The title "Touryanse" refers to a Japanese nursery rhyme.

A woman performs domestic chores, watched by a television displaying the image of her own eye. The home is recast as a space of surveillance, control...