Koji Yamamura Movies

  • 2011
    Scripta volant

    Scripta volant

    Scripta volant

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    I try to set this work – a film using texts, or a film-book – between watching and reading. This film is dedicated to J.L. Borges, a...

    Scripta volant
  • 2011
    From the Dolphin

    From the Dolphin

    From the Dolphin

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    The image of dolphins ties together this story.

    From the Dolphin
  • 2014
    Crazy Little Thing

    Crazy Little Thing

    Crazy Little Thing

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    The two of them, all alone at home. All alone with her father's corpse. Memories, ideals, and reality all sink beneath the muck. Everyone is alone....

    Crazy Little Thing
  • 2019
    Behind Us

    Behind Us

    Behind Us

    02019HD

    One day a girl notices a distortion in her surrounding environment, which prompts her to start searching for her own connection with the world. But,...

    Behind Us
  • 2019
    Pupa

    Pupa

    Pupa

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    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
  • 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
  • 2017
    Squid Introspection

    Squid Introspection

    Squid Introspection

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    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
  • 2013
    I’m Nothing

    I’m Nothing

    I’m Nothing

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    I get up in the morning, prepare myself, wait for a bus, then the train, go to school, and return home. Days go by even while I wonder about, cry,...

    I’m Nothing
  • 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
  • 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
  • 2021
    Red

    Red

    Red

    02021HD

    I conveyed my love and gratitude to a certain deceased physician amidst the COVID-19 outbreak in 2020, while a personal shopper expressed the same...

    Red
  • 1987
    Aquatic

    Aquatic

    Aquatic

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    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
  • 2015
    Tepid Bath

    Tepid Bath

    Tepid Bath

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    The borderline of water, a body, or a bathtub gets more and more unclear. All are mixed together in the lukewarm water.

    Tepid Bath
  • 2021
    So I Picked Up the Worm

    So I Picked Up the Worm

    So I Picked Up the Worm

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    Far away from her hometown, the little fox studies in a foreign country. The monotonous days and bare relationships make her increasingly homesick....

    So I Picked Up the Worm
  • 2018
    7 falls, 8 comebacks, 7 sports

    7 falls, 8 comebacks, 7 sports

    7 falls, 8 comebacks, 7 sports

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    Bloopers in sports are different from the blunders we make in everyday life but they tend to share similar physical movements. The title comes from...

    7 falls, 8 comebacks, 7 sports
  • 2025
    REST

    REST

    REST

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    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
  • 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
  • 2021
    blink

    blink

    blink

    02021HD

    That moment of refreshing sensation when drinking a soda in the hot summer.

    blink
  • 1985
    Natural History

    Natural History

    Natural History

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    Several painted figures are superimposed.

    Natural History
  • 2020
    I Am a Motif

    I Am a Motif

    I Am a Motif

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    There are three "Motifs". The complete differences between them make themselves self-doubt. The melody begins, and the music motif could not resist...

    I Am a Motif