Koji Yamamura Movies

  • 2022
    Before Dawn

    Before Dawn

    Before Dawn

    02022HD

    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...

    Before Dawn
  • 2019
    The Body in the Mind

    The Body in the Mind

    The Body in the Mind

    02019HD

    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...

    The Body in the Mind
  • 2010
    Bring Me Up

    Bring Me Up

    Bring Me Up

    62010HD

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

    Bring Me Up
  • 2013
    Ream

    Ream

    Ream

    02013HD

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

    Ream
  • 2016
    Awakened Seed

    Awakened Seed

    Awakened Seed

    02016HD

    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?...

    Awakened Seed
  • 2003
    Pieces

    Pieces

    Pieces

    5.72003HD

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

    Pieces
  • 2007
    A Child's Metaphysics

    A Child's Metaphysics

    A Child's Metaphysics

    6.82007HD

    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...

    A Child's Metaphysics
  • 2025
    Carrots Don't Wait

    Carrots Don't Wait

    Carrots Don't Wait

    02025HD

    A stray dog that a girl loved so much wanted an apple. Meanwhile, the carrots try to turn everything into a seedbed.

    Carrots Don't Wait
  • 2022
    The House of Loss

    The House of Loss

    The House of Loss

    6.72022HD

    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...

    The House of Loss
  • 2021
    Are you here, Ser Brunetto?

    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.

    Are you here, Ser Brunetto?
  • 2019
    Indoor Days

    Indoor Days

    Indoor Days

    02019HD

    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...

    Indoor Days
  • 2019
    A Pawn

    A Pawn

    A Pawn

    02019HD

    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...

    A Pawn
  • 2017
    There was a man

    There was a man

    There was a man

    02017HD

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

    There was a man
  • 2021
    Brother

    Brother

    Brother

    102021HD

    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...

    Brother
  • 2017
    Notes on Monstropedia

    Notes on Monstropedia

    Notes on Monstropedia

    6.52017HD

    An animated archive of imaginary monsters written by a fictitious mosterologist in Medieval Europe.

    Notes on Monstropedia
  • 2019
    WildAid 'Hankograph'

    WildAid 'Hankograph'

    WildAid 'Hankograph'

    62019HD

    Ivory consumption in Japan is a bit of a problem. It needs to be stamped out.

    WildAid 'Hankograph'
  • 2018
    The Pearl Remains

    The Pearl Remains

    The Pearl Remains

    02018HD

    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...

    The Pearl Remains
  • 2017
    South Forest

    South Forest

    South Forest

    72017HD

    The story about a Palestinian girl who feeds animals at the zoo.

    South Forest
  • 2012
    Sunset Flower Blooming

    Sunset Flower Blooming

    Sunset Flower Blooming

    02012HD

    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. ...

    Sunset Flower Blooming
  • 2013
    Wild Wild Ham

    Wild Wild Ham

    Wild Wild Ham

    02013HD

    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...

    Wild Wild Ham