Koji Yamamura Movies

  • 2020
    My Hand, Her Hand

    My Hand, Her Hand

    My Hand, Her Hand

    52020HD

    The little girl has a complex because she doesn’t look like her mom, and the mom wants her daughter to look more ladylike. Their faces...

    My Hand, Her Hand
  • 2015
    Zdravstvuite!

    Zdravstvuite!

    Zdravstvuite!

    02015HD

    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...

    Zdravstvuite!
  • 1985
    Serenade

    Serenade

    Serenade

    71985HD

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

    Serenade
  • 1995
    Kid's Castle

    Kid's Castle

    Kid's Castle

    5.51995HD

    Short by Koji Yamamura

    Kid's Castle
  • 2003
    Pieces

    Pieces

    Pieces

    5.72003HD

    A series of nine flipbook-like vignettes showcasing simple revelations of movement and color. Koji Yamamura's animation refers back to the...

    Pieces
  • 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
  • 2016
    Satie's

    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
  • 2013
    It’s Time for Supper

    It’s Time for Supper

    It’s Time for Supper

    02013HD

    Playtime ends at the five o'clock chime. And there comes the indefinable time between vanishing playtime and dinner time at home.

    It’s Time for Supper
  • 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
  • 2013
    My Frame

    My Frame

    My Frame

    42013HD

    Suffering from her delusion, K tries to depict her disorder in her paintings. In her dream, she finds a frame, which makes her believe that drawing...

    My Frame
  • 1995
    Kipling Jr.

    Kipling Jr.

    Kipling Jr.

    51995HD

    Canelo Alvarez and Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. sit down to discuss their highly anticipated May 6 showdown.

    Kipling Jr.
  • 2013
    Wild Wild Ham

    Wild Wild Ham

    Wild Wild Ham

    02013HD

    How to spend a ten-minute break at club activities. Let us take off [our] shoes and socks, and enjoy the fresh breeze between our toes. We are all...

    Wild Wild Ham
  • 2020
    Representation of Light

    Representation of Light

    Representation of Light

    02020HD

    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...

    Representation of Light
  • 2014
    aaH / Hee

    aaH / Hee

    aaH / Hee

    4.52014HD

    When the mind says aah, the body says hee. I dance around the confusion and the consensus, and my whole life is getting composed of these dances.

    aaH / Hee
  • 2011
    From the Dolphin

    From the Dolphin

    From the Dolphin

    02011HD

    The image of dolphins ties together this story.

    From the Dolphin
  • 2017
    RINGING CITY

    RINGING CITY

    RINGING CITY

    02017HD

    Big cities are glutted with information. Unconscious curiosity, hidden under apparent indifference, invites us into a noisy loop.

    RINGING CITY
  • 2010
    Woman Who Stole Fingers

    Woman Who Stole Fingers

    Woman Who Stole Fingers

    6.52010HD

    One day, a boy who separated from his mother’s hand is deprived of his fingers. His fingers become a larva and part from his hand. The house....

    Woman Who Stole Fingers
  • 2017
    Nosferatu Maiden

    Nosferatu Maiden

    Nosferatu Maiden

    92017HD

    The story of Nosferatu vampires glimpsed by a boy who gets lost in a forest.

    Nosferatu Maiden
  • 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
  • 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