Koji Yamamura Movies

The elderly at the nursing home have their heads shaved. The protagonist who works there sees them but can't read their expressions. However, from...

In the moments before death, one of the Battling Gods recalls his defeat in a magnificent fight. That battle transcended meta worlds, time and...

Mizuki Kiyama's short animation utilizes a paint on glass technique to render a young girl's visit to a neighborhood sento (bath house) with her...

We have limited control over our bodies, and we can't change ourselves at will. While I yearn for complete freedom, I also want to make peace with my...

A series of 16 "short stories" created by the creator's group Images Forum.

Here, everyone is an outlander. But something's not right. Everyone else has a place to sit at the table, a home to return to at will. Not him....

Short by Koji Yamamura

Here, everything is The North. This is an account of the people I met in The North. However, my fragmented memory doesn't capture the essence at all.

How long has it been since she lost control of her body? She is completely tapped out and finds herself wishing that she could just shed her body.

A mix of life tales in modern Japan where fate is predicted by your name and a fingerplay song. Are the members of this society playing into the...

Fluffy turtles, fluffy monkeys, fluffy lizards. Discover the world populated by these mysteriously charming imaginary creatures. They have adorably...

Now a grown woman, I sit on the train recollecting my childhood. That morning field baking in the sun. Making one bamboo-leaf boat after the other....

A festival cut/compilation of the animated segments made by Yamamura Kouji for a TV documentary by NHK, Kojiki Girl Travelogue...

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...

People can show some other personality when eating. Some become like herbivores, chewing so many times. Some becomes like carp, crowing around...

A woman traces her memories through a pearl ring, and comes upon her mother gazing at the same ring. But her memories soon lose their outline and...

A girl goes for a ramble in the neighborhood. The friendly dog is barking as usual. Oh, there goes a cat. Wait, no, it's just a shopping bag. The old...

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...

Lion Nanny rides the train and embarks on a life journey while interacting with those around her.

This work is based on 15 years of entries in the diary that I’ve kept since age eight. Through creating this work I was searching for freedom...