Koji Yamamura Movies

  • 2025
    REST

    REST

    REST

    02025HD

    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
  • 2017
    Notes on Monstropedia

    Notes on Monstropedia

    Notes on Monstropedia

    6.52017HD

    An animated archive of imaginary monsters written by a fictitious mosterologist in Medieval Europe.

    Notes on Monstropedia
  • 2020
    A DOG

    A DOG

    A DOG

    02020HD

    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.

    A DOG
  • 2021
    Coping Mechanism

    Coping Mechanism

    Coping Mechanism

    02021HD

    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.

    Coping Mechanism
  • 2013
    USALULLABY

    USALULLABY

    USALULLABY

    32013HD

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

    USALULLABY
  • 2018
    Memory Drawers

    Memory Drawers

    Memory Drawers

    02018HD

    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...

    Memory Drawers
  • 2011
    The Grouse in Snow Mountain

    The Grouse in Snow Mountain

    The Grouse in Snow Mountain

    02011HD

    A man blown by a blizzard on Snow Mountain wants to return to his warm home.

    The Grouse in Snow Mountain
  • 1989
    Japanese-English Pictionary

    Japanese-English Pictionary

    Japanese-English Pictionary

    6.71989HD

    Second short by Koji Yamamura

    Japanese-English Pictionary
  • 2017
    There was a man

    There was a man

    There was a man

    02017HD

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

    There was a man
  • 2016
    CHARON Pluto’s lonesomeness

    CHARON Pluto’s lonesomeness

    CHARON Pluto’s lonesomeness

    02016HD

    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,...

    CHARON Pluto’s lonesomeness
  • 2018
    SIBLINGS

    SIBLINGS

    SIBLINGS

    02018HD

    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.

    SIBLINGS
  • 2007
    A Child's Metaphysics

    A Child's Metaphysics

    A Child's Metaphysics

    6.82007HD

    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...

    A Child's Metaphysics
  • 2012
    Spirits from the Night

    Spirits from the Night

    Spirits from the Night

    02012HD

    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. ...

    Spirits from the Night
  • 2021
    The Mouse and a Prism

    The Mouse and a Prism

    The Mouse and a Prism

    02021HD

    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...

    The Mouse and a Prism
  • 2015
    Tepid Bath

    Tepid Bath

    Tepid Bath

    02015HD

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

    Tepid Bath
  • 2022
    Poo Down Hill Up

    Poo Down Hill Up

    Poo Down Hill Up

    02022HD

    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...

    Poo Down Hill Up
  • 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
  • 2020
    Long Live the Cat

    Long Live the Cat

    Long Live the Cat

    02020HD

    Yasu is a cat over 20 years old. He's still alive and kicking in the house he was left behind.

    Long Live the Cat
  • 2022
    In the Big Yard Inside the Teeny-Weeny Pocket

    In the Big Yard Inside the Teeny-Weeny Pocket

    In the Big Yard Inside the Teeny-Weeny Pocket

    6.22022HD

    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. ...

    In the Big Yard Inside the Teeny-Weeny Pocket
  • 2014
    See ya, Mr. Banno!

    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...

    See ya, Mr. Banno!