Directing
Yukie Saito
Japan
Yukie Saito was born in 1973 and graduated from Tama Art University, Uenoge, Japan in March 1995. She was selected for the IFF 1995, and won the A Prize for Absurd Nonsense for her work "Benighted but Not Begun". Selected at IFF 1994 for "Mizu no Furuyoruni" (1992) and "Kage no Akari" (1993).
Acting credits
NRFragments of scenes from the lives of men and women who are tormented and bullied appear in this film. Using the film camera as a medium, the film attempts to objectify the never-ending time of their lives, but in fact the actions that unfold here are staged in order to generate a physical voice, and at times it seems that it is the landscape itself that witnesses their actions.
Benighted but Not Begun
1994
Two disaffected hoodlums, one of them of Korean ancestry; his sister, her girlfriend, and a mad scooter girl. The failure of their relationships as a critique of modern Japan.
Fufu the Worldweary
2000
Behind the camera
NRA female artist who presents a work called "pubic hair diary" in which she collects pubic hair. The "author," who has a special interest in hair himself, attempts to have a relationship with her and plans to exchange film letters in 8mm. What is the end result of this wildly experimental film that uses the unique language of experimental film and conceptual art, such as attaching beards and hair to the film?
The Night When Water Comes Down
1992
NRFragments of scenes from the lives of men and women who are tormented and bullied appear in this film. Using the film camera as a medium, the film attempts to objectify the never-ending time of their lives, but in fact the actions that unfold here are staged in order to generate a physical voice, and at times it seems that it is the landscape itself that witnesses their actions.
Benighted but Not Begun
1994
NRFragments of scenes from the lives of men and women who are tormented and bullied appear in this film. Using the film camera as a medium, the film attempts to objectify the never-ending time of their lives, but in fact the actions that unfold here are staged in order to generate a physical voice, and at times it seems that it is the landscape itself that witnesses their actions.
Benighted but Not Begun
1994
Short film by Yukie Saito.
Gradually Set, Far from Sunrise
1994
NRA woman keeps goldfish in her kitchen. One day, the woman meets a strange man who hides his cheeks behind a white cloth. The film is set in motion the moment the wind stops and the shadows disappear. It is the story of a child born without wanting to be born, who has no place to stay.
Light of Shadow
1993