Koji Yamamura Movies
- 2025

REST
REST02025HD
When immersed in the contours swelling and waning in the forest of needles, the mundane world drifts away, and we only live to breathe.
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- 2017

Notes on Monstropedia
Notes on Monstropedia6.52017HD
An animated archive of imaginary monsters written by a fictitious mosterologist in Medieval Europe.
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- 2020

A DOG
A DOG02020HD
Once upon a time, a man killed the king's pet dog. He was executed and reincarnated as a canis but with the memory of his past life as a man.
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- 2021

Coping Mechanism
Coping Mechanism02021HD
No doubt negative enery is going to accumulate in my body today, tomorrow and the day after. When that happens, I'll have my own way of release.
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- 2013

USALULLABY
USALULLABY32013HD
Increasing in number, small rabbits take care of a great dolphin. Can the dolphin get to sleep by rabbits’ gentle caress? May many people...
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- 2018

Memory Drawers
Memory Drawers02018HD
Shiroinu writes down the day’s events before he goes to sleep. One day, he opens a drawer buried in the snow and finds old diary entries. He...
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- 2011

The Grouse in Snow Mountain
The Grouse in Snow Mountain02011HD
A man blown by a blizzard on Snow Mountain wants to return to his warm home.
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- 1989

Japanese-English Pictionary
Japanese-English Pictionary6.71989HD
Second short by Koji Yamamura
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- 2017

There was a man
There was a man02017HD
An one-armed mountaineer encounters a lost arm on a mountain of salt. Who did it belong to? Why was it left there?
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- 2016

CHARON Pluto’s lonesomeness
CHARON Pluto’s lonesomeness02016HD
This is the story of Pluto, a planet that has been removed from the solar system and is wandering alone in the vastness of space, and its satellite,...
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- 2018

SIBLINGS
SIBLINGS02018HD
Two sisters stay at home alone. They spend their time in their own worlds, at times in synch with each other and other times disconnected.
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- 2007

A Child's Metaphysics
A Child's Metaphysics6.82007HD
A child whose head is numerals, a child who winds his own face and has it under his arm. What was left is his identity, a child whose eyes are...
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- 2012

Spirits from the Night
Spirits from the Night02012HD
At night, the child sees the sandy figure coming into his room. It lures his stuffed animal away from the shelf and they are gone beyond the hill. ...
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- 2021

The Mouse and a Prism
The Mouse and a Prism02021HD
The mouse finds a prism and it reveals to him a magnificent rainbow like he's never seen before. He tries to show his friends but for some reason it...
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- 2015

Tepid Bath
Tepid Bath02015HD
The borderline of water, a body, or a bathtub gets more and more unclear. All are mixed together in the lukewarm water.
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- 2022

Poo Down Hill Up
Poo Down Hill Up02022HD
Bird poo fell in love with the hill but the hill is taken away high above the clouds. Poo is devastated. But then, a triangular telescope falls from...
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- 2019

Behind Us
Behind Us02019HD
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,...
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- 2020

Long Live the Cat
Long Live the Cat02020HD
Yasu is a cat over 20 years old. He's still alive and kicking in the house he was left behind.
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- 2022

In the Big Yard Inside the Teeny-Weeny Pocket
In the Big Yard Inside the Teeny-Weeny Pocket6.22022HD
When it shrinks, it expands. It floats and it sinks. It separates but connects. When I think I’m watching them, they're actually watching me. ...
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- 2014

See ya, Mr. Banno!
See ya, Mr. Banno!02014HD
One day out of the blue Prof. Banno of came to school with his hair shaven. Students made fun of his bald head. Prof. Banno flew in a hot air...
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