Ice Fireworks Sayoko Yamaguchi
*Information at the time of adoption.
- Name of the organization or individual
- Compass Co., Ltd.
- subsidy category
- Creation Grant
- Grant Type
- single year
FY27 Term I Creation Grant [Single-Year Grant Program]
Business Overview
In the 1970s, there was a woman who, armed with her Japanese identity, took on the world by herself. A challenging and passionate soul who dwells in his mysterious and voluptuous appearance with black hair and long slit eyes. Sayoko YAMAGUCHI. He became a muse for top creators and inspired their imaginations, always staying ahead of the times. However, his true identity was mysterious. Eight years after the death of Sayoko YAMAGUCHI, he opened a huge number of her belongings, such as clothes and accessories that she loved. Yamaguchi Sayoko, who not only "wears" as a model but also "creates" something different with her clothes, begins to move in a stopped time, and we get a little closer to her that we have not been able to touch before. In this film, director Matsumoto Takako, who was friends with Yamaguchi Sayoko when she was alive, sets out on a journey to find "Yamaguchi Sayoko" by touching on the testimony of her friends and precious footage that has been left behind.
- Period of Activity / Project
- October 2015 (scheduled)
- Venues
- Theater Image Forum (Shibuya-ku, Tokyo)
Profile
Director Matsumoto Takako
Entered the world of film after being selected for the 6th Pia Film Festival. Participated in the launch of Japan's first regular fashion program, Fashion Tsushin, and served as director. He became acquainted with Sayoko Yamaguchi in 1987 through a fashion news agency "Special Report on Sayoko Yamaguchi," and deepened their friendship through production of NHK's "World My Heart's Journey: Eyes of a Berber Girl" and NHK's "How Top Fashion Designers are Made at the Royal Academy of Antwerp," and maintained close relations with her until her death. Awarded numerous television documentaries, including the film "Yayoi Kusama: I Love You" (theatrical release in 2008).