Koji Yamamura Movies

  • 2017
    Nosferatu Maiden

    Nosferatu Maiden

    Nosferatu Maiden

    92017HD

    The story of Nosferatu vampires glimpsed by a boy who gets lost in a forest.

    Nosferatu Maiden
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 2014
    Reinventing the Square Wheel

    Reinventing the Square Wheel

    Reinventing the Square Wheel

    02014HD

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

    Reinventing the Square Wheel
  • 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
  • 2011
    Scripta volant

    Scripta volant

    Scripta volant

    02011HD

    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
  • 1995
    The Happy and Short Life of a Goldfish

    The Happy and Short Life of a Goldfish

    The Happy and Short Life of a Goldfish

    71995HD

    Goldfish born in Tenjinnuma, a famous goldfish production area, were auctioned off and sold to Yokota Gumi. The goldfish scooped by elementary school...

    The Happy and Short Life of a Goldfish
  • 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
  • 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?
  • 1987
    Heavenly Bodies' Score

    Heavenly Bodies' Score

    Heavenly Bodies' Score

    5.51987HD

    Using the constellation as a motif, the heavens and the earth, metamorphose all the creatures.

    Heavenly Bodies' Score
  • 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
  • 2017
    South Forest

    South Forest

    South Forest

    72017HD

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

    South Forest
  • 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
  • 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
  • 2015
    Missing You

    Missing You

    Missing You

    02015HD

    Mother secretly threw a letter of her daughter in the snow ocean. The daughter in suspicion, followed her mother and sneak into a boat. She waits for...

    Missing You
  • 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
  • 2018
    On the way home

    On the way home

    On the way home

    02018HD

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

    On the way home
  • 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
  • 2012
    Sunset Flower Blooming

    Sunset Flower Blooming

    Sunset Flower Blooming

    02012HD

    The film is set in China in the 1960s. An old woman cools herself in the garden. The sunset makes the sky orange. Sunset flower starts to bloom. ...

    Sunset Flower Blooming