Yoshimasa Ishibashi (石橋義正, Ishibashi Yoshimasa, born 1968) is a Japanese 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.

Yoshimasa Ishibashi
Ishibashi at the 2011 New York Asian Film Festival
Born
Yoshimasa Ishibashi

1968 (age 55–56)
Kyoto, Japan
NationalityJapanese

Filmography

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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]
2023 Six Singing Women Direction [18]

References

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  1. ^ "Kyupi Kyupi Live Archives". Kyupikyupi.com. Retrieved 2013-08-11.
  2. ^ a b c "Ishibashi Yoshimasa / Ishibashi Production". 10.upp.so-net.ne.jp. Retrieved 2013-08-11.
  3. ^ "映画 狂わせたいの". allcinema. Retrieved 2013-08-11.
  4. ^ a b Kyoto Experiment. "プロフィール|五感で感じる和の文化事業 京都創生座第8回公演『四神記 ―神降る都の物語―』|プログラム|京都国際舞台芸術祭2013". Kyoto-ex.jp. Archived from the original on April 25, 2012. Retrieved 2013-08-11.
  5. ^ "[ vermilion-pleasure-night ]". Vpn-tv.net. Retrieved 2013-08-11.
  6. ^ "映画 カラー・オブ・ライフ". allcinema. 2002-09-26. Retrieved 2013-08-11.
  7. ^ ""Oh! Mikey Hardcore" (DVD) – Tokyo's Coolest Sound". Coolestsound.jp. 2005-07-07. Retrieved 2013-08-11.
  8. ^ "オー!マイキーナイト - goo 映画". movie.goo.ne.jp. Archived from the original on 10 July 2012. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
  9. ^ "Oh! Mikey Night – Tokyo's Coolest Sound". Coolestsound.jp. 2006-06-23. Retrieved 2013-08-11.
  10. ^ "OH!Mikey Extra. 【 ムラウチドットコム 】" (in Japanese). Murauchi.com. Retrieved 2013-08-11.
  11. ^ ""Oh! Mikey Extra" (DVD) – Tokyo's Coolest Sound". Coolestsound.jp. 2006-06-23. Retrieved 2013-08-11.
  12. ^ "映画 オー!マイキー フィーバー". allcinema. 2008-02-22. Retrieved 2013-08-11.
  13. ^ "NEWS | OH!Mikey オー!マイキー". Fuccon-family.com. Retrieved 2013-08-11.
  14. ^ 25th Leeds International Film Festival Catalogue, p.67
  15. ^ "Kyoto Soseiza" (PDF) (in Japanese). Kcif.or.jp. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 15, 2012. Retrieved 2013-08-11.
  16. ^ "Mirokurôze (2011) – Release Info – IMDb". Uk.imdb.com. 2009-05-01. Retrieved 2013-08-11.
  17. ^ "Official Milocrorze Web site". Retrieved 2013-08-11.
  18. ^ "竹野内豊&山田孝之、11年ぶりの共演 W主演映画『唄う六人の女』製作決定". Crank-in!. Retrieved May 12, 2022.
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