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Yohji Yamamoto | Dressmaker

HD DCP 16:9 Dolby Digital 5.1 Stereo Color & B/W

Original Title Yohji Yamamoto | Dressmaker Director Ngo The Chau Production che*che Format Made for Cinema / TV Runtime 69 min Category Documentary Language English, Japanese

Subtitled Versions English Country Germany Year 2016 Genre Art/Culture, Fashion, Society, Biography

Synopsis YOHJI YAMAMOTO | DRESSMAKER is an intimate por-trait of the life and work of Yohji Yamamoto, one of the most influential and enigmatic fashion designers of the last forty years. The film sets out to discover and uncover the many layers of the man, delving into the fascinatingly complex life story of this iconic and visionary 73 year-old Japanese craftsman.Yamamoto invites the viewer behind the curtain and ex-plores his most private and intimate thoughts and feelings. The film sheds light on his artistic approach and creative working process, contrasting them directly with how he sees the »Fashion« industry today and the direction society, in Japan and as a whole, is heading towards. Yamamoto opens up like never before, shares his deepest insights into his personal life. Interviews with key figures – family, friends, employees and closest confidants – provide even more insight into this Japanese artist’s life journey and the core values that he and his clothing embody.

Director’s BioNgo The Chau, born in Hanoi/Vietnam, immigrated to Ger-many where he graduated in the camera department at the German Film and Television Academy Berlin (dffb). As a DOP he was honored with multiple awards, such as the Michael Ballhaus-Award, the German TV Award and the German Camera Award. The feature length documentary YOHJI YAMAMOTO | DRESSMAKER is his directorial debut.

»I think perfection is ugly. Somewhere in the things humans make, I want to see

scars, failure, disorder, distortion.«Yohji Yamamoto

Selected Festivals & Awards• VIFF • Mostra Sao Paulo • A Design Festival • Milano Design FF