Yamamura Animation Movies

  • 2007
    Franz Kafka's a Country Doctor

    Franz Kafka's a Country Doctor

    Franz Kafka's a Country Doctor

    6.82007HD

    A hapless country doctor describes with breathless urgency a night-time summons to attend a young patient. Events soon take on a surreal aspect as "un...

    Franz Kafka's a Country Doctor
  • 2002
    Mount Head

    Mount Head

    Mount Head

    6.42002HD

    A miserly man eats the pits of some cherries he can't stand throwing out. A tree starts growing from the top of his head. He cuts it off; it grows bac...

    Mount Head
  • 2005
    The Old Crocodile

    The Old Crocodile

    The Old Crocodile

    6.42005HD

    An short movie that is illustrated in black and white using rather simple animation. The story is told by a narrator with a lovely British voice that...

    The Old Crocodile
  • 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 provide...

    A Child's Metaphysics
  • 2011
    Muybridge's Strings

    Muybridge's Strings

    Muybridge's Strings

    62011HD

    Koji Yamamura's allegory the immutability of time, love and devotion, and the unbreakable nature of the parent-child bond, into interlacing story.

    Muybridge's Strings
  • 1995
    Kid's Castle

    Kid's Castle

    Kid's Castle

    5.51995HD

    Short by Koji Yamamura

    Kid's Castle
  • 2021
    Polar Bear Bears Boredom

    Polar Bear Bears Boredom

    Polar Bear Bears Boredom

    72021HD

    A polar bear who is very bored with various marine animals in the deep blue sea. It continues an ancient tradition of "Caricatures of Frolicking anim...

    Polar Bear Bears Boredom
  • 1990
    Perspektivenbox -Researcher's Search-

    Perspektivenbox -Researcher's Search-

    Perspektivenbox -Researcher's Search-

    5.251990HD

    Short by Koji Yamamura

    Perspektivenbox -Researcher's Search-
  • 2003
    Pieces

    Pieces

    Pieces

    5.6672003HD

    Short by Koji Yamamura

    Pieces
  • 1985
    Natural History

    Natural History

    Natural History

    71985HD

    An animated short film by Yamamura Kouji.

    Natural History
  • 2007
    Man & Whale

    Man & Whale

    Man & Whale

    72007HD

    A seaside school. In the corridor stands the principal, beloved of the high-spirited youngsters. Gazing at a picture of a whale drawn as a child, the...

    Man & Whale
  • 2016
    Satie's "Parade"

    Satie's "Parade"

    Satie's "Parade"

    6.22016HD

    A Parade for three managers and four performers. Sketchy drawings in a neatly arranged palette, involving quotes from the French composer Erik Satie,...

    Satie's "Parade"
  • 2021
    Dozens of Norths

    Dozens of Norths

    Dozens of Norths

    2.72021HD

    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.

    Dozens of Norths
  • 2024
    Extremely Short

    Extremely Short

    Extremely Short

    82024HD

    Somewhere between calligraphy, embryology and words from beyond the grave, a convulsive poem wraps itself around the Japanese syllable ‘da’ – a breath...

    Extremely Short
  • 1993
    Karo and Piyobupt: A House

    Karo and Piyobupt: A House

    Karo and Piyobupt: A House

    5.3331993HD

    The first short in the series Karo and Piyobupt by Koji Yamamura

    Karo and Piyobupt: A House
  • 2017
    Notes on Monstropedia

    Notes on Monstropedia

    Notes on Monstropedia

    02017HD

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

    Notes on Monstropedia
  • 1995
    Kipling Jr.

    Kipling Jr.

    Kipling Jr.

    51995HD

    Short by Koji Yamamura

    Kipling Jr.
  • 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
  • 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 th...

    Zodiac One Third
  • 1985
    Serenade

    Serenade

    Serenade

    81985HD

    One night Mr. K went for a walk with his pet...

    Serenade