Koji Yamamura Movies

  • 2014
    aaH / Hee

    aaH / Hee

    aaH / Hee

    4.52014HD

    When the mind says aah, the body says hee. I dance around the confusion and the consensus, and my whole life is getting composed of these dances.

    aaH / Hee
  • 2017
    Cogito Wonderland

    Cogito Wonderland

    Cogito Wonderland

    02017HD

    This film is an allegory towards clumsy people. Having met egocentric people, I go down the stairs of melancholia. I get swallowed up by the waves...

    Cogito Wonderland
  • 2021
    A Bite of Bone

    A Bite of Bone

    A Bite of Bone

    02021HD

    A little girl reflects on her last summer with her father at his funeral.

    A Bite of Bone
  • 2019
    Where is my home?

    Where is my home?

    Where is my home?

    02019HD

    Here, everyone is an outlander. But something's not right. Everyone else has a place to sit at the table, a home to return to at will. Not him....

    Where is my home?
  • 2013
    My Frame

    My Frame

    My Frame

    42013HD

    Suffering from her delusion, K tries to depict her disorder in her paintings. In her dream, she finds a frame, which makes her believe that drawing...

    My Frame
  • 2012
    Flower and Steam

    Flower and Steam

    Flower and Steam

    02012HD

    A bride runs at full speed, with her veil flapping, and with steam. When you happen to encounter a bride in her wedding dress, you would love to...

    Flower and Steam
  • 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
  • 1991
    The Elevator

    The Elevator

    The Elevator

    6.51991HD

    A normal day turns into a day of adventure when an elevator that carries a boy does not stop where it should.

    The Elevator
  • 2017
    Water Dream

    Water Dream

    Water Dream

    02017HD

    This film depicts evolution from birth of life to whale in the sea with music and images by dedication to the American contemporary composer George...

    Water Dream
  • 2016
    First Hand Memories

    First Hand Memories

    First Hand Memories

    02016HD

    The Rakugo story of PARROT is told by a Rakugo-ka, or a lone storyteller formed of Japanese characters.

    First Hand Memories
  • 2012
    Spirits from the Night

    Spirits from the Night

    Spirits from the Night

    02012HD

    At night, the child sees the sandy figure coming into his room. It lures his stuffed animal away from the shelf and they are gone beyond the hill. ...

    Spirits from the Night
  • 1995
    Kid's Castle

    Kid's Castle

    Kid's Castle

    5.51995HD

    Short by Koji Yamamura

    Kid's Castle
  • 1990
    Perspektivenbox -Researcher's Search-

    Perspektivenbox -Researcher's Search-

    Perspektivenbox -Researcher's Search-

    5.251990HD

    Short by Koji Yamamura

    Perspektivenbox -Researcher's Search-
  • 2020
    The Big Tree in Front of the House

    The Big Tree in Front of the House

    The Big Tree in Front of the House

    02020HD

    It should have been an ordinary day, but it was very different from usual. There was a large crowd in front of my grandma’s house. Where did...

    The Big Tree in Front of the House
  • 2013
    The Hyuga Episode of Kojiki

    The Hyuga Episode of Kojiki

    The Hyuga Episode of Kojiki

    3.52013HD

    A festival cut/compilation of the animated segments made by Yamamura Kouji for a TV documentary by NHK, Kojiki Girl Travelogue...

    The Hyuga Episode of Kojiki
  • 2013
    USALULLABY

    USALULLABY

    USALULLABY

    02013HD

    Increasing in number, small rabbits take care of a great dolphin. Can the dolphin get to sleep by rabbits’ gentle caress? May many people...

    USALULLABY
  • 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
    Milky Ways

    Milky Ways

    Milky Ways

    02016HD

    A woman pours milk from the top of the mountain. At the foot of the mountain a man milks and pours it into a tank. One evening his pigeon...

    Milky Ways
  • 2013
    Five Fire Fish

    Five Fire Fish

    Five Fire Fish

    02013HD

    Created using "Etching on film" from the NFB's McLaren's Workshop Application.

    Five Fire Fish
  • 2017
    Squid Introspection

    Squid Introspection

    Squid Introspection

    02017HD

    One rainy day, a squid falls on a crosswalk. A businessman and a homeless man see the squid and get lost in their own fantasies.

    Squid Introspection