Yoshimasa Ishibashi

Born 1968 (age 43–44)

Yoshimasa Ishibashi (石橋義正 Ishibashi Yoshimasa?, born 1968) is a video, experimental film and performance artist based in Kyoto, Japan and the leader of the Kyupi Kyupi artist collective, founded in 1996. He has directed work for both art museums, including Kyupi Kyupi performances at the Palais de Tokyo and Tate Modern in 2003,[1] and commercial television and film, his most famous creation being the Fuccons, a family of mannequins who first appeared in Vermilion Pleasure Night in 2000 and since in their own program Oh! Mikey and its spin-offs‎.

Filmography

Year Title Medium and role Notes
1998 I Wanna Drive You Insane (狂わせたいの Kuruwasetaino?) Part color, 16 mm, stereo, 60 min
Direction, screenplay, executive production, cinematography, editing, art, performance[2]
Released in Japanese cinemas October 10, 1998[3]
2000 Vermilion Pleasure Night (バミリオン・プレジャー・ナイト Bamirion Purejā Naito?) 25 × 25 min
Direction, screenplay, executive production, cinematography, editing, music[2]
Aired on Japanese TV July 2 – December 24, 2000
"The Fuccon Family" segments also released on DVD separately in 2004
2002 Oh! Mikey (オー!マイキー Ō! Maikī?), aka The Fuccons 104 × 3 min
Direction, screenplay, executive production, cinematography, editing[4]
Aired on Japanese TV from January 6, 2002[5]
2002 The Color of Life (カラー・オブ・ライフ Karā obu Raifu?) Color, 35 mm, stereo,[2] 88 min
Direction, screenplay, executive production, cinematography, editing, music direction[4]
Released in Japanese cinemas March 22, 2002
Vermilion Pleasure Night spin-off film[6]
2005 Oh! Mikey Hard Core (オー!マイキー ハードコア Ō! Maikī Hādo Koa?) 8 × 3 min
Direction, screenplay, executive production, cinematography, editing
Released on DVD in Japan August 26, 2005
More risqué unaired episodes[7]
2006 Oh! Mikey Night (オー!マイキー ナイト Ō! Maikī Naito?) 60 min
Direction, screenplay, executive production, cinematography, editing[8]
Released in Japanese cinemas July 1, 2006
Compilation of Hard Core and new episodes[9]
2006 Oh! Mikey Extra (オー!マイキー エクストラ Ō! Maikī Ekusutora?) 13 × 3 min
Direction, screenplay, executive production, cinematography, editing[10]
Released on DVD in Japan August 25, 2006
New Night and other non-TV episodes[11]
2007 Oh! Mikey Fever (オー!マイキー フィーバー Ō! Maikī Fībā?) 40 min
Direction, screenplay, executive production, cinematography, editing
Released in Japanese cinemas December 1, 2007[12]
2010 Oh! Mikey Romance (オー!マイキー ロマンス Ō! Maikī Romansu?) 10 × 3 min
Direction, screenplay, executive production, cinematography, editing
Aired on Japanese TV November 4 – December 30, 2010[13]
2011 Milocrorze (ミロクローゼ Mirokurōze?), aka Milocrorze: A Love Story Color, digital video, 90 min[14]
Direction, screenplay, executive production, editing, music[15]
Premièred February 18, 2011[16]
Released in Japanese cinemas spring 2012[17]

References

  1. ^ http://www.kyupikyupi.com/liveachives.html
  2. ^ a b c http://www010.upp.so-net.ne.jp/kyupikyupi/ishipro
  3. ^ http://www.allcinema.net/prog/show_c.php?num_c=153702
  4. ^ a b http://kyoto-ex.jp/program/soseiza/profile
  5. ^ http://www.vpn-tv.net/english/index.html
  6. ^ http://www.allcinema.net/prog/show_c.php?num_c=237093
  7. ^ http://coolestsound.jp/Oh_Mikey_Hardcore_DVD/2005.07.07/002250
  8. ^ http://movie.goo.ne.jp/contents/movies/MOVCSTD9194
  9. ^ http://coolestsound.jp/Oh_Mikey_Night/2006.06.23/003233
  10. ^ http://www.murauchi.com/MCJ-front-web/CoD/0000000992944
  11. ^ http://coolestsound.jp/Oh_Mikey_Extra_DVD/2006.06.23/003232
  12. ^ http://www.allcinema.net/prog/show_c.php?num_c=329367
  13. ^ http://www.fuccon-family.com/news/201010.html
  14. ^ 25th Leeds International Film Festival Catalogue, p.67
  15. ^ http://www.kcif.or.jp/ryusite/img/soseiza.pdf
  16. ^ http://uk.imdb.com/title/tt1843986/releaseinfo
  17. ^ Official Milocrorze Web site

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