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{{Short description|Japanese film director (born 1968)}}
{{Expand Japanese|topic=bio|date=June 2020}}
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| image         = Yukisada Isao at Opening Ceremony of the Tokyo International Film Festival 2022 (52461627138).jpg
| name          = Isao Yukisada
| caption       = Yukisada in 2022
| alt = Yukisada at press event in three-quarter profile wearing suit
| birth_name     = 
| birth_date     = {{Birth date and age|1968|8|3|mf=y}}
| birth_place    = [[Kumamoto]], Japan
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{{nihongo|'''Isao Yukisada'''|行定 勲|Yukisada Isao|born August 3, 1968}} is a Japanese [[film director]] from [[Kumamoto]]. He served as assistant director on [[Shunji Iwai]]'s ''[[Love Letter (1995 film)|Love Letter]]'', ''[[April Story]]'', and ''[[Swallowtail Butterfly (film)|Swallowtail Butterfly]]''.

==Filmography==
===As director===

==== Film ====
* ''Open House'' (1998)
* {{nihongo|''Himawari ''|ひまわり}} (Sunflower) (2000)
* ''A Closing Day'' (閉じる日) (2000)
* ''Luxurious Bone'' (贅沢な骨) (2001)
* ''[[Go (2001 film)|Go!]]'' (2001)
* ''Rock 'n' Roll Missing'' (2002)
* ''[[Justice (short film)|Justice]]'' (2002)
* ''Sinking into the Moon'' (2002)
* ''Seventh Anniversary'' (2003)
* ''A Day on the Planet'' (2003)
* ''[[Crying Out Love, In the Center of the World]]'' (2004)
* ''Kita no Zeronen'' (Year One in the North) (2005)
* ''[[Spring_Snow_(film)|Spring Snow]]'' (2005)
* ''Toku no Sora ni Kieta'' (Into the Faraway Sky) (2007)
* ''Closed Note'' (2007)
* ''A Good Husband'' (2009) 
* ''[[Parade (2010 film)|Parade]]'' (2010)
* ''[[Five Minutes to Tomorrow]]'' (2014)
* ''[[Pink and Gray]]'' (2016)
* ''Pigeon'' (2016)
* ''[[Narratage (film)|Narratage]]'' (2017)
* ''[[River's Edge (2018 film)|River's Edge]]'' (2018)
* ''[[The Cornered Mouse Dreams of Cheese]]'' (2020)
* ''Theatre: A Love Story'' (2020)<ref>{{cite web |url= https://eiga.com/movie/91527/|title= 劇場|access-date= 23 September 2025|website= eiga.com|language=ja}}</ref>
* ''Revolver Lily'' (2023)<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.crank-in.net/news/100882/1|title= 大藪春彦賞受賞『リボルバー・リリー』、映画化決定 行定勲がアクション映画に意欲|access-date= February 18, 2022|work= Crank-in!}}</ref>
* ''Kaede'' (2025)<ref>{{cite web |url= https://eiga.com/movie/104308/|title= 楓|access-date= 17 July 2025|website= eiga.com|language=ja}}</ref>

==== Television ====
* ''[[Kanon (TV series)|Kanon]]'' (2003)
* ''[[Perfect Family]]'' (2024)<ref name="genre-production">{{Cite web|script-title=ko:'완벽한 가족' 윤 상현, 윤세아, 박주현, 최예빈,이시우, 김병철 모두 모인다|trans-title='Perfect Family' Yoon Sang-hyun, Yoon Se-ah, Park Joo-hyun, Choi Ye-bin, Lee Si-woo, and Kim Byeong-cheol all gather|url=https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=144&aid=0000909570|via=Naver|publisher=Sports Kyunghyung|language=ko|last=Son|first=Bong-seok|date=August 28, 2023|access-date=March 29, 2024|archive-date=August 28, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230828163554/https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=144&aid=0000909570|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== As producer ===

==== Film ====
*''Side by Side'' (2023)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Side by Side｜OAFF2023｜Closing |url=https://www.oaff.jp/2023/en/program/cl.html |access-date=2025-08-20 |website=www.oaff.jp |language=en}}</ref>

==Accolades==

=== Wins ===
*2000: [[FIPRESCI Prize]]: ''[[Himawari (film)|Himawari]]''
*2001: Hochi Film Award: Best Film ''[[Go (2001 film)|Go!]]''
*2001: Nikkan Sports Film Award: Best Director ''[[Go (2001 film)|Go!]]''
*2002: Award of the Japanese Academy: Best Director for ''[[Go (2001 film)|Go!]]''
*2002: Blue Ribbon Award: Best Director for ''[[Go (2001 film)|Go!]]''
*2002: Kinema Junpo Award: Best Director and Film for ''[[Go (2001 film)|Go!]]''
*2002: Golden Star: ''[[Go (2001 film)|Go!]]''
*2002: FIPRESCI Prize: ''[[Go (2001 film)|Go!]]'' - [[Palm Springs International Film Festival]]
*2002: Festival Prize: Best Director for ''[[Go (2001 film)|Go!]]''
*2010: "Fipresci Prize" - 2010 (60th) Berlin International Film Festival<ref>{{cite web
| url = http://www.berlinale.de/en/das_festival/preise_und_juries/preise_unabhaengigen_jurys/index.html
| title = Berlinale - The Festival - Prizes of the Independent Juries
| publisher = [[Berlin International Film Festival]]
| date = 2010-02-11
| access-date = 2010-07-10
}}</ref>

===Nominations===

*2005: Award of the Japanese Academy: Best Director for ''[[Crying Out Love, In the Center of the World]]''
*2006: Award of the Japanese Academy: Best Director for ''[[Kita no zeronen]]''

== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{imdb name|id=0950834}}
* [http://www.jmdb.ne.jp/person/p0109100.htm Isao Yukisada's JMDb Listing] (in Japanese)

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[[Category:1968 births]]
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[[Category:People from Kumamoto Prefecture]]
[[Category:Japan Academy Prize for Director of the Year winners]]
[[Category:Japanese film directors]]


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