Koji Yamamura Movies

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...

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...

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....

The borderland between sleeping and waking is the moment when the daughter melds into her father.

An animated documentary on intertwining memories and emotions experienced by the director in his hometown and current whereabouts.

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

On various forms expanded in all directions and a dance by a man in tights.

Everyone has a sense of justice. The protagonist thinks her ideas are right and voices her opinions through protests for social justice. One day the...

This house rattling spirit has lived in this old house for generations. But the old woman who lives there as the final resident can no longer hear...

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

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...

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

Short animation by Simon Feat at Tokyo University of the Arts

Four years ago while out for a walk in Ome, I picked up an intriguing stone of 30cm across. Then I wanted to pursue its image until its ultimate end.

Alien Human asks us, “Is human the only species who can hurt each other psychologically?” In Wen Pang’s animated reimagining of a...

A girl heading home from school is met with a bigger version of herself who poses arbitrary challenges with unspeakable consequences. The little girl...

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...

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...

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,...

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