About
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
The Past Ahead2000 · Director
Kae, Act Like A Girl1996 · Director, Writer
Kiyoko's Situation1989 · Director
Yoji, What's Wrong With You?1987 · Director
Great Mother (Sachiko)1986 · Director
Hideo, It's Me, Mama1986 · Director
The Marriage of Yasushi1986 · Director
Whispering Light1985 · Director
Play and Capriciousness1984 · Director
Great Mother (YUMIKO)1983 · Director
Great Mother (Harumi)1983 · Director
Shadow Part 21982 · Director
Animus Part 11982 · Director
Animus Part 21982 · Director
Toryanse1982 · Director
Emotional Volatility About My Father1981 · Director
Shadow Part 11980 · Director
My America, Your America1980 · Director
Housewives and a Day1979 · Director
At Yukigaya 41979 · Director