Koji Yamamura Movies

  • 2022
    The House of Loss

    The House of Loss

    The House of Loss

    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
  • 2012
    A Wind Egg

    A Wind Egg

    A Wind Egg

    02012HD

    The film is about a family, that runs a chicken farm. The boy hankers after birds and his little sister keeps an eye on him. The father loves eggs....

    A Wind Egg
  • 2025
    REST

    REST

    REST

    02025HD

    When immersed in the contours swelling and waning in the forest of needles, the mundane world drifts away, and we only live to breathe.

    REST
  • 2011
    Anthology with Cranes

    Anthology with Cranes

    Anthology with Cranes

    72011HD

    "Anthology with Cranes" is a 17th Century scroll painting by Sotatsu Tawaraya, measuring over 13 meters long. Koji Yamamura attempts to decipher this...

    Anthology with Cranes
  • 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
  • 2014
    Exit My Room

    Exit My Room

    Exit My Room

    02014HD

    He lives his life everyday like it's nothing special. Today he eats, gets dressed, and heads out once again.

    Exit My Room
  • 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?
  • 2014
    Spoon

    Spoon

    Spoon

    02014HD

    A boy’s spoon falls on the floor when he is having breakfast. The moment he is trying to pick it up, the boy is thrown into a different world....

    Spoon
  • 1985
    Natural History

    Natural History

    Natural History

    71985HD

    Several painted figures are superimposed.

    Natural History
  • 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?
  • 2014
    Mrs. KABAGOdZILLA

    Mrs. KABAGOdZILLA

    Mrs. KABAGOdZILLA

    82014HD

    ‘Mrs. KABAGodZILLA had a daughter whose feet and arms looked just like her own.’ Mother and child were always together, but the mother's...

    Mrs. KABAGOdZILLA
  • 2019
    Keep Forgetting

    Keep Forgetting

    Keep Forgetting

    02019HD

    Why do you want acceptance? If it's not going to happen, then forget about what it was you wanted acknowledged and just have some soup, like always.

    Keep Forgetting
  • 1987
    Aquatic

    Aquatic

    Aquatic

    61987HD

    An apple flows down the stream of a mill where innumerable illusions of fish appear and disappear in the sky reflected in the water.

    Aquatic
  • 2023
    To the Moon and Back

    To the Moon and Back

    To the Moon and Back

    82023HD

    Since I was born, the moon has circled the Earth 9,125 times. We all grew older with each orbit, but the moon never seems to age. A story about my...

    To the Moon and Back
  • 2014
    Flower Bud

    Flower Bud

    Flower Bud

    02014HD

    The uncertainty, struggles, and joy of the moment upon becoming an adult. Between lullabies and songs I hum to myself. Between a man and myself. That...

    Flower Bud
  • 1995
    Kid's Castle

    Kid's Castle

    Kid's Castle

    5.51995HD

    Short by Koji Yamamura

    Kid's Castle
  • 2015
    Fox Fears

    Fox Fears

    Fox Fears

    72015HD

    In the evening of a village festival, a young boy named Bunroku goes to the festival with his friend and visits a clog shop on the way. There he...

    Fox Fears
  • 2013
    Cubic Centimeter

    Cubic Centimeter

    Cubic Centimeter

    02013HD

    This animation shows how the liquid in a glass erupts, spreads, mixes, and overflows.

    Cubic Centimeter
  • 2021
    Dear Viruses

    Dear Viruses

    Dear Viruses

    02021HD

    This work is a missive to the life form we call viruses in the hope that we can coexist. The relationship between humans and viruses is poetically...

    Dear Viruses
  • 2024
    Extremely Short

    Extremely Short

    Extremely Short

    72024HD

    Somewhere between calligraphy, embryology and words from beyond the grave, a convulsive poem wraps itself around the Japanese syllable...

    Extremely Short