Koji Yamamura Movies

  • 2010
    Bring Me Up

    Bring Me Up

    Bring Me Up

    62010HD

    Almost everyone in a contemporary society is picked up and moved by someone or something like a ‘Sugoroku’. The first one which picks up...

    Bring Me Up
  • 1987
    Quick-Sand

    Quick-Sand

    Quick-Sand

    01987HD

    This is an animated work created using sand. We built our own multi-plane shooting table and adjusted the transmitted and reflected light using a...

    Quick-Sand
  • 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
  • 2011
    From the Dolphin

    From the Dolphin

    From the Dolphin

    02011HD

    The image of dolphins ties together this story.

    From the Dolphin
  • 2016
    At The Mouth of Summer

    At The Mouth of Summer

    At The Mouth of Summer

    02016HD

    The beach is packed in a Chinese resort. People are enjoying the summer holidays. An abrupt thundershower makes them run around in a flurry.

    At The Mouth of Summer
  • 2011
    Spots Spots

    Spots Spots

    Spots Spots

    02011HD

    A young man is drawing sketches of birds in the woods. The spotted pattern of the bird’s wings begins to scatter. He gradually becomes...

    Spots Spots
  • 2017
    Cogito Wonderland

    Cogito Wonderland

    Cogito Wonderland

    02017HD

    This film is an allegory towards clumsy people. Having met egocentric people, I go down the stairs of melancholia. I get swallowed up by the waves...

    Cogito Wonderland
  • 2019
    What's that smell?

    What's that smell?

    What's that smell?

    02019HD

    The world is filled with smells -- good smells, nasty smells, nasty but good smells, addictive smells, captivating smells, reminiscent smells, and so...

    What's that smell?
  • 2019
    House Rattler

    House Rattler

    House Rattler

    02019HD

    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...

    House Rattler
  • 2022
    Winter Star

    Winter Star

    Winter Star

    02022HD

    It's winter but my heart and the classroom are hot. Unexpectedly I got my hands on a star fruit, but I never told anyone about the taste.

    Winter Star
  • 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
  • 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
  • 1993
    Karo and Piyobupt: Imagination

    Karo and Piyobupt: Imagination

    Karo and Piyobupt: Imagination

    5.51993HD

    The third and last installment in the Karo and Piyobupt series by Koji Yamamura

    Karo and Piyobupt: Imagination
  • 2018
    A4 Microcosm

    A4 Microcosm

    A4 Microcosm

    02018HD

    Microorganisms propagate, gather, and transform into an A4 sheet of paper. You can feel signs of life within the page.

    A4 Microcosm
  • 2021
    Conflicted

    Conflicted

    Conflicted

    02021HD

    Everyone has a sense of justice. The protagonist thinks her ideas are right and voices her opinions through protests for social justice. One day the...

    Conflicted
  • 2017
    AEON

    AEON

    AEON

    9.52017HD

    Self-replicating entities that have evolved on different planets merge and proliferate exponentially. In search of more energy sources, they consume...

    AEON
  • 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
    The Big Tree in Front of the House

    The Big Tree in Front of the House

    The Big Tree in Front of the House

    02020HD

    It should have been an ordinary day, but it was very different from usual. There was a large crowd in front of my grandma’s house. Where did...

    The Big Tree in Front of the House
  • 2018
    Angel inside a box

    Angel inside a box

    Angel inside a box

    02018HD

    This video installation is an experiment that imagines the canvas as a box and animates images within that space.

    Angel inside a box
  • 2013
    My Dear Flesh

    My Dear Flesh

    My Dear Flesh

    02013HD

    A spring night, I walked past a ‘god’. I wonder if it was a cat or a man. Or was it a wind I felt in a slumber? They were certainly...

    My Dear Flesh