Koji Yamamura Movies
- 2022

Before Dawn
Before Dawn02022HD
One cold and damp morning, two weasels were wandering the quiet streets. They get separated at one point but are reunited. Just then, bells and...
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- 2019

The Body in the Mind
The Body in the Mind02019HD
We have limited control over our bodies, and we can't change ourselves at will. While I yearn for complete freedom, I also want to make peace with my...
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- 2010

Bring Me Up
Bring Me Up62010HD
Almost everyone in a contemporary society is picked up and moved by someone or something like a ‘Sugoroku’. The first one which picks up...
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- 2013

Ream
Ream02013HD
The theme is ‘one continues to live, leaving his trace.’ It is an abstract animation in which movement is done by repetition of pencil...
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- 2016

Awakened Seed
Awakened Seed02016HD
Memories from the ancient times have been engraved on his body. "Where do we come from?"he asks,"Where are we going?" Would the light guide us there?...
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- 2003

Pieces
Pieces5.72003HD
A series of nine flipbook-like vignettes showcasing simple revelations of movement and color. Koji Yamamura's animation refers back to the...
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- 2007

A Child's Metaphysics
A Child's Metaphysics6.82007HD
A child whose head is numerals, a child who winds his own face and has it under his arm. What was left is his identity, a child whose eyes are...
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- 2025

Carrots Don't Wait
Carrots Don't Wait02025HD
A stray dog that a girl loved so much wanted an apple. Meanwhile, the carrots try to turn everything into a seedbed.
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- 2022

The House of Loss
The House of Loss6.72022HD
The elderly at the nursing home have their heads shaved. The protagonist who works there sees them but can't read their expressions. However, from...
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- 2021

Are you here, Ser Brunetto?
Are you here, Ser Brunetto?02021HD
Inspired by the Fifteenth canto of the Divine Comedy, in which Dante meets his teacher, Brunetto Latini.
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- 2019

Indoor Days
Indoor Days02019HD
On days I don't want to leave the house, I enjoy watching TV and videos on my smartphone. I'm supposed to be at home but the screen keeps taking me...
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- 2019

A Pawn
A Pawn02019HD
In a land where there are no enemies or allies is a lone soldier. He spends his days sculpting wood with his bayonet. And then one day, out of the...
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- 2017

There was a man
There was a man02017HD
An one-armed mountaineer encounters a lost arm on a mountain of salt. Who did it belong to? Why was it left there?
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- 2021

Brother
Brother102021HD
When I was a kid, my big brother became obsessed with the 90s Japanese subculture of teenage guys who were known as "Gyaru-o." His odd appearance...
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- 2017

Notes on Monstropedia
Notes on Monstropedia6.52017HD
An animated archive of imaginary monsters written by a fictitious mosterologist in Medieval Europe.
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- 2019

WildAid 'Hankograph'
WildAid 'Hankograph'62019HD
Ivory consumption in Japan is a bit of a problem. It needs to be stamped out.
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- 2018

The Pearl Remains
The Pearl Remains02018HD
A woman traces her memories through a pearl ring, and comes upon her mother gazing at the same ring. But her memories soon lose their outline and...
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- 2017

South Forest
South Forest72017HD
The story about a Palestinian girl who feeds animals at the zoo.
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- 2012

Sunset Flower Blooming
Sunset Flower Blooming02012HD
The film is set in China in the 1960s. An old woman cools herself in the garden. The sunset makes the sky orange. Sunset flower starts to bloom. ...
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- 2013

Wild Wild Ham
Wild Wild Ham02013HD
How to spend a ten-minute break at club activities. Let us take off [our] shoes and socks, and enjoy the fresh breeze between our toes. We are all...
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