Isao Yukisada
Directing Born Aug 3, 1968 Kumamoto, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan 75 credits
Biography
Isao Yukisada is a Japanese film director born on August 3, 1968, in Kumamoto, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan. Also known as Yukisada Is, he has fifty-four known credits on The Movie Database. In his career, he served as an assistant director on Shunji Iwai's films Swallowtail Butterfly, Love Letter, and April Story. His professional background focuses on directing within the film industry.
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Career overview
Isao Yukisada is a Japanese film director born on August 3, 1968, in Kumamoto, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan. His stage name is written in Japanese characters as shown in his biographical records. Active in the film industry, his known credits include fifty-four entries spanning his professional career.
Beyond his primary work in directing, Yukisada previously served as an assistant director on several notable projects directed by Shunji Iwai. These films include Love Letter, April Story, and Swallowtail Butterfly.
Public reference profiles and databases, such as The Movie Database, document his biographical details, including his birth date, place of origin, gender, and professional known credits within the entertainment industry.
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Career timeline
Kaede · Director
Perfect Family · Director
Revolver Lily · ScreenplayRevolver Lily · DirectorIn Her Room · ProducerSide By Side · Producer
BiSH presents PCR is PAiPAi CHiNCHiN ROCK'N'ROLL · Director
The Cornered Mouse Dreams of Cheese · DirectorTheatre: A Love Story · DirectorThe Day of Destruction · Executive Producer
That Moment, My Heart Cried · Director
River's Edge · DirectorUtsukushii hito saba? · DirectorUtsukushii hito saba? · Screenplay
Narratage · Director
The Gift of Memory · DirectorThe Gift of Memory · ScreenplayAroused by Gymnopedies · DirectorAroused by Gymnopedies · WriterPink and Gray · Screenplay
Heisei Saru Kani Kassenzu · DirectorFive Minutes to Tomorrow · DirectorThe Round Table · Director
Before the Vigil · DirectorBefore the Vigil · Screenplay
The Party is Over · Director
Parade · DirectorParade · ScreenplayCamellia · DirectorWomen Play Twice · Director
A Good Husband · DirectorCrime or Punishment?!?
Closed Note · ScreenplayClosed Note · DirectorInto the Faraway Sky · DirectorInto the Faraway Sky · WriterThe World According to Chocolat · Director
Yubisaki · DirectorYubisaki · Writer
Year One in the North · DirectorSpring Snow · Director
Crying Out Love in the Center of the World · DirectorCrying Out Love in the Center of the World · ScreenplayA Day on the Planet · DirectorA Day on the Planet · Writer
Seventh Anniversary · Director
The Private Detective Mike · WriterThe Private Detective Mike · DirectorJam Films · DirectorJam Films · WriterSinking into the Moon · Director
GO · DirectorLuxurious Bone · WriterLuxurious Bone · ProducerLuxurious Bone · Director
Sunflower · DirectorSunflower · ScreenplayEnclosed Pain · DirectorEnclosed Pain · Writer
April Story · Assistant DirectorOpen House · DirectorOpen House · Screenplay
Swallowtail Butterfly · Assistant DirectorTokyo Skin · Producer
Love Letter · Assistant DirectorThe Stairway to the Distant Past · Assistant Director
The Most Terrible Time in My Life · Assistant Director
Fireworks, Should We See It from the Side or the Bottom? · Assistant Director
Ghost Soup · Assistant Director
Full filmography
- Kaede (2025) Director
- Perfect Family (2024) Director
- Revolver Lily (2023) Screenplay
- Revolver Lily (2023) Director
- In Her Room (2023) Producer
- Side By Side (2023) Producer
- BiSH presents PCR is PAiPAi CHiNCHiN ROCK'N'ROLL (2022) Director
- The Cornered Mouse Dreams of Cheese (2020) Director
- Theatre: A Love Story (2020) Director
- The Day of Destruction (2020) Executive Producer
- That Moment, My Heart Cried (2019) Director
- River's Edge (2018) Director
- Utsukushii hito saba? (2018) Director
- Utsukushii hito saba? (2018) Screenplay
- Narratage (2017) Director
- The Gift of Memory (2016) Director
- The Gift of Memory (2016) Screenplay
- Aroused by Gymnopedies (2016) Director
- Aroused by Gymnopedies (2016) Writer
- Pink and Gray (2016) Screenplay
- Pink and Gray (2016) Director
- Asian Three-Fold Mirror 2016: Reflections (2016) Director
- Heisei Saru Kani Kassenzu (2014) Director
- Five Minutes to Tomorrow (2014) Director
- The Round Table (2014) Director
- Before the Vigil (2013) Director
- Before the Vigil (2013) Screenplay
- The Party is Over (2011) Director
- Parade (2010) Director
- Parade (2010) Screenplay
- Camellia (2010) Director
- Women Play Twice (2010) Director
- A Good Husband (2009) Director
- Crime or Punishment?!? (2009) as Magazine editor
- Closed Note (2007) Screenplay
- Closed Note (2007) Director
- Into the Faraway Sky (2007) Director
- Into the Faraway Sky (2007) Writer
- The World According to Chocolat (2007) Director
- Yubisaki (2006) Director
- Yubisaki (2006) Writer
- Year One in the North (2005) Director
- Spring Snow (2005) Director
- Crying Out Love in the Center of the World (2004) Director
- Crying Out Love in the Center of the World (2004) Screenplay
- A Day on the Planet (2004) Director
- A Day on the Planet (2004) Writer
- Seventh Anniversary (2003) Director
- The Private Detective Mike (2002) Writer
- The Private Detective Mike (2002) Director
- Jam Films (2002) Director
- Jam Films (2002) Writer
- Sinking into the Moon (2002) Director
- Sinking into the Moon (2002) Writer
- Rock'n'Roll Mishin (2002) Director
- Rock'n'Roll Mishin (2002) Screenplay
- GO (2001) Director
- Luxurious Bone (2001) Writer
- Luxurious Bone (2001) Producer
- Luxurious Bone (2001) Director
- Sunflower (2000) Director
- Sunflower (2000) Screenplay
- Enclosed Pain (2000) Director
- Enclosed Pain (2000) Writer
- April Story (1998) Assistant Director
- Open House (1998) Director
- Open House (1998) Screenplay
- Swallowtail Butterfly (1996) Assistant Director
- Tokyo Skin (1996) Producer
- Love Letter (1995) Assistant Director
- The Stairway to the Distant Past (1995) Assistant Director
- The Most Terrible Time in My Life (1994) Assistant Director
- Fireworks, Should We See It from the Side or the Bottom? (1993) Assistant Director
- Ghost Soup (1992) Assistant Director
- つばき、時跳び Director