Koji Yamamura Movies

  • 2014
    Spoon

    Spoon

    Spoon

    02014HD

    A boy’s spoon falls on the floor when he is having breakfast. The moment he is trying to pick it up, the boy is thrown into a different world....

    Spoon
  • 2020
    WOKE

    WOKE

    WOKE

    02020HD

    Right there in that little gap between fantasy and reality, me and you, movies and videos, concrete and abstract, is that nice cozy space.

    WOKE
  • 2016
    Red Forest

    Red Forest

    Red Forest

    02016HD

    Amii runs and runs on a bloodstained earth, through dark forests and warm fields. She keeps running in fear.

    Red Forest
  • 2016
    If Everyone Looked the Same

    If Everyone Looked the Same

    If Everyone Looked the Same

    02016HD

    A glimpse into a world where uniformity and conformity rule.

    If Everyone Looked the Same
  • 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
  • 2006
    Fig

    Fig

    Fig

    5.52006HD

    A segment for Image Forum Festival 2005's Tokyo Loop

    Fig
  • 2021
    Our 2

    Our 2

    Our 2

    02021HD

    Commemorating the 700th anniversary of Dante's death, the film is a reinterpretation of Dante and Beatrice's reunion story, from "Vita Nova" to the...

    Our 2
  • 2017
    South Forest

    South Forest

    South Forest

    02017HD

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

    South Forest
  • 2016
    Zodiac One Third

    Zodiac One Third

    Zodiac One Third

    72016HD

    This work was commissioned for the 20th Anniversary Edition of the Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival and made possible by support from...

    Zodiac One Third
  • 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
  • 2017
    Candy.zip

    Candy.zip

    Candy.zip

    5.22017HD

    Aoko is confident about the documents she creates at work, but doesn't get any positive feedback. Then, she witnesses her colleague secretly changing...

    Candy.zip
  • 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
  • 2017
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    yelp

    02017HD

    Once we used to be happy and grateful for the pure act of eating.

    yelp
  • 2019
    WildAid 'Hankograph'

    WildAid 'Hankograph'

    WildAid 'Hankograph'

    62019HD

    Ivory consumption in Japan is a bit of a problem. It needs to be stamped out.

    WildAid 'Hankograph'
  • 1989
    Japanese-English Pictionary

    Japanese-English Pictionary

    Japanese-English Pictionary

    6.71989HD

    Second short by Koji Yamamura

    Japanese-English Pictionary
  • 2005
    Frank & Wendy

    Frank & Wendy

    Frank & Wendy

    6.52005HD

    Two American secret agents - Frank and Wendy - are sent to the world's hotbed of danger, known as Estonia. Estonia is a silly place, perhaps even...

    Frank & Wendy
  • 1970
    Carrots Don't Wait

    Carrots Don't Wait

    Carrots Don't Wait

    01970HD

    A stray dog that a girl loved so much wanted an apple. Meanwhile, the carrots try to turn everything into a seedbed.

    Carrots Don't Wait
  • 2019
    Boozy Woozy Wonderland

    Boozy Woozy Wonderland

    Boozy Woozy Wonderland

    02019HD

    Heartbroken, I bought a bottle of wine and drank it walking home. A tipsy journey reconstructed using the Japanese traditional storytelling method...

    Boozy Woozy Wonderland
  • 2014
    My Milk Cup Cow

    My Milk Cup Cow

    My Milk Cup Cow

    6.52014HD

    The father tells his daughter Nunu a lie that there is a cow in her milk cup. She believes it and drinks up milk, but there isn't any cow. Her father...

    My Milk Cup Cow
  • 1988
    SONODA Video - Spring / Summer / Fall / Winter

    SONODA Video - Spring / Summer / Fall / Winter

    SONODA Video - Spring / Summer / Fall / Winter

    01988HD

    The soundless stop-motion paint-on-glass film by Koji Yamamura showcases the different seasons. He created the short in his early career in 1988. It...

    SONODA Video - Spring / Summer / Fall / Winter