Yukie Saito

Birth : , Japan

History

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).

Movies

Fufu the Worldweary
Fufu the Worldweary
The Idiotic Scooter Girl
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.
Benighted but Not Begun
Benighted but Not Begun
Writer
Fragments 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
Benighted but Not Begun
Editor
Fragments 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
Benighted but Not Begun
Girl
Fragments 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
Benighted but Not Begun
Director
Fragments 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.
Gradually Set, Far from Sunrise
Gradually Set, Far from Sunrise
Director
Short film by Yukie Saito.
Light of Shadow
Light of Shadow
Director
Experimental film by Yukie Saitō.
The Night When Water Comes Down
The Night When Water Comes Down
Director
A 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?