Mikio Yamazaki
Tachikawa, Tokyo, Japan

Born in Tokyo in 1959. Began playing around with an 8mm camera in middle school. Won the Fuji 8mm Film Contest with The Happy Days of M ( " M-kun no shiawasena hibi " ) which he made while studying cultural anthropology at Hokkaido University. Has directed over fifty films including Memory of Seaside (1982), Ghosttown at Dawn (1983), Guiding Star (1987), The Cat Night (1992), Pu (1994). Publications include A Contextual Analysis of Canned Coffee and The Whereabouts of a Hero.

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Like a Heavenly Edge (2024)
Director
Deep Sweets Senior (2017)
Director
Deep Sweets Junior (2015)
Director
Palm Forest at Night (2011)
Director
VIDA (2008)
Additional Camera
My Night Heart (2007)
Director
Phantasmagoria: A Collection of Images Sealed in Darkness (2006)
Director
A Rautrec Alley (2005)
Director
Rest In Eternalism (2005)
Director
LetMeEndWithYou (2003)
Director
FAR AWAY (2003)
Director
Elis in Tears (2003)
Cinematography
AITAI (2002 Version) (2002)
Director
SPILLING GOLDEN MOON (2002)
Director
Filmletter★oufuku IV (1999)
Director
GOOTARIPUTRA (1999)
Director
A Port in Vain (1996)
Director
Dreamed Lion Dreaming (1996)
Director
Kajol's Pigeon (1996)
Director
Ophelia’s Favorite Books (1995)
Director of Photography
Pu (1994)
Director | Screenplay
Goddess of 8mm film (1994)
Director
100 years after (1994)
Director
I Have No Myself To Desert (1993)
Director
The Cat Night (1992)
Director
V/M. Drifting (1990)
Director
Preparation to Take Off (1987)
Director
Guiding Star (1987)
Director
Robinson's Garden (1987)
Screenplay
Born in the Mud (1986)
Director
The Landroute Goes to the Bottom of Night (1985)
Director
Chill-Out (1984)
Director
The World Lies Down in Scrap (1984)
Director
Ghost Town at Dawn (1983)
Director
Memory of Seaside (1982)
Director
TBX (Noise Version) (1982)
Director
PATINKO (1982)
Producer