Koji Yamamura Movies

  • 2014
    00:08

    00:08

    00:08

    5.52014HD

    This piece takes 8 seconds, and creates intervals between the frames, and then makes them bigger. It's about expansion and enlargement, not the...

    00:08
  • 2023
    My Inner Ear Quartet

    My Inner Ear Quartet

    My Inner Ear Quartet

    02023HD

    What lives in a lonely boy’s ear? And why a boy’s ear? The boy who grew up as a man set out on a journey to collect lonely voices again....

    My Inner Ear Quartet
  • 2013
    Cubic Centimeter

    Cubic Centimeter

    Cubic Centimeter

    02013HD

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

    Cubic Centimeter
  • 2017
    Candy.zip

    Candy.zip

    Candy.zip

    6.12017HD

    Aoko is confident about the documents she creates at work, but doesn't get any positive feedback. Then, she witnesses her colleague secretly changing...

    Candy.zip
  • 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
  • 2018
    The Body Swap Center

    The Body Swap Center

    The Body Swap Center

    02018HD

    Mimi is fed up with her pathetic self. One day she walks along looking at the ground like usual when she notices a suspicious flyer.

    The Body Swap Center
  • 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
  • 1988
    SONODA Video - Spring / Summer / Fall / Winter

    SONODA Video - Spring / Summer / Fall / Winter

    SONODA Video - Spring / Summer / Fall / Winter

    01988HD

    The soundless stop-motion paint-on-glass film by Koji Yamamura showcases the different seasons. He created the short in his early career in 1988. It...

    SONODA Video - Spring / Summer / Fall / Winter
  • 2018
    Namahage's Obon Homecoming

    Namahage's Obon Homecoming

    Namahage's Obon Homecoming

    02018HD

    A visitor shows up in the middle of the night at the countryside house that Miyako shares with her father. Miyako goes to wake up her father, but the...

    Namahage's Obon Homecoming
  • 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
  • 2020
    Empty Hands

    Empty Hands

    Empty Hands

    02020HD

    A mix of life tales in modern Japan where fate is predicted by your name and a fingerplay song. Are the members of this society playing into the...

    Empty Hands
  • 2013
    Kicking Rocks

    Kicking Rocks

    Kicking Rocks

    02013HD

    All of a sudden, a boy starts to play hopscotch. Kicking stone[s] is. . . simply play, but it doesn’t work as simply as it seems. He...

    Kicking Rocks
  • 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
  • 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
  • 2010
    Getting Dressed

    Getting Dressed

    Getting Dressed

    62010HD

    This woman has detached herself from the outside world. For her, it is daily work to feed her bird and to look at the town from her window. Because...

    Getting Dressed
  • 2023
    LOVE★STAR

    LOVE★STAR

    LOVE★STAR

    02023HD

    The star fell in love with the ocean, but this love was never reciprocated. So the star tried to discuss with friends. But no one can understand what...

    LOVE★STAR
  • 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
  • 2019
    Pupa

    Pupa

    Pupa

    82019HD

    How long has it been since she lost control of her body? She is completely tapped out and finds herself wishing that she could just shed her body.

    Pupa
  • 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