Koji Yamamura Movies

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...

My deceased great-grandmother had been a part of my life as a portrait on the wall. I searched for ways to substantiate her life inside me and...

The heroin has been living life as an undergraduate. There is nothing remarkable about her. However, she has noticed there is something strange...

A man is waiting for someone in a small boat. In loneliness he keeps waiting for someone. For whom, or why he is waiting is not very important. He...

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

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

Human-like creatures inhabit this planet. Their peaceful lives are senselessly destroyed by octopus suckers that appear out of the blue. Then comes a...

Story of a girl’s imagination. ‘Googuri Googuri’ is a made up word, a secret word shared by a girl and her grandfather. For the...

On a summer day an strange man who teaches Russian at the beach took me to a town. The familiar town looked totally fresh from a different point of...

A bride runs at full speed, with her veil flapping, and with steam. When you happen to encounter a bride in her wedding dress, you would love to...

We cannot stay here any longer. We must leave tomorrow morning. A clown convinces and hurries the residents of an amusement park, a girl, a gay, a...

Numbers stations were prominently used during the Cold War. A boy was tuning the radio in the snow mountain and happened to tune the shortwave of...

In a land where there are no enemies or allies is a lone soldier. He spends his days sculpting wood with his bayonet. And then one day, out of the...

The 5 animation poems singing joy of life, inspired by Normand Roger’s music. Mystery, dangerous, hope and anxiety, battles. The tiny little...

A small family-owned iron factory was closed down. What will remain of it?

A white lump appears at a landfill site with an ocean view and slowly heads for the sea. It is anxious to find a place to return.

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

Many arms cling to a man. He doesn’t like it but he believes the situation will never change.

This film depicts evolution from birth of life to whale in the sea with music and images by dedication to the American contemporary composer George...

An animated documentary on intertwining memories and emotions experienced by the director in his hometown and current whereabouts.