Koji Yamamura

Koji Yamamura

Directing

Koji Yamamura is a Japanese independent animator who, after leaving a career as a background artist at an animation studio, directs, writes, edits, animates, creates the model sheets and background art for and sometimes produces his own short films and has worked on many commissions such as music videos, television advertisements, title sequences and station idents, both on his own and under or with other directors. He is also a regular illustrator of children's literature and textbooks.

Filmography

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Eri, The Cow Eri, The Cow 2026 REST REST 2025 OCTOPOLIS - Prologue - OCTOPOLIS - Prologue - 2025 Extremely Short ★ 8.0 Extremely Short 2024 My Inner Ear Quartet My Inner Ear Quartet 2023 Joy of Life Joy of Life 2023 Alien Human Alien Human 2023 Dozens of Norths ★ 6.3 Dozens of Norths 2023 To the Moon and Back ★ 8.0 To the Moon and Back 2023 BLUE BLUE 2023 Methodology of Opening Jars Methodology of Opening Jars 2023 In the Big Yard Inside the Teeny-Weeny Pocket ★ 6.2 In the Big Yard Inside the Teeny-Weeny Pocket 2022 Stained Smell Stained Smell 2022 Before Dawn Before Dawn 2022 Winter Star Winter Star 2022 Poo Down Hill Up Poo Down Hill Up 2022 919 ★ 5.0 919 2022 The House of Loss ★ 6.7 The House of Loss 2022 The Ant Tower The Ant Tower 2022 Chinatown, Whereabouts Unknown Chinatown, Whereabouts Unknown 2022 Me and Me Me and Me 2022 Round Trip Round Trip 2021 A Bite of Bone ★ 7.0 A Bite of Bone 2021 Are you here, Ser Brunetto? Are you here, Ser Brunetto? 2021 Our 2 Our 2 2021 Polar Bear Bears Boredom ★ 7.0 Polar Bear Bears Boredom 2021 Our Little Pond Our Little Pond 2021 So I Picked Up the Worm ★ 7.0 So I Picked Up the Worm 2021 The Mouse and a Prism The Mouse and a Prism 2021 Squishy Fish Eggs Squishy Fish Eggs 2021 Coping Mechanism Coping Mechanism 2021 Conflicted Conflicted 2021 blink blink 2021 Red Red 2021 Brother ★ 10.0 Brother 2021 Amane Diary Amane Diary 2021 Dear Viruses Dear Viruses 2021 POP JUNKIE POP JUNKIE 2021 MUNCH MUNCH MUNCH MUNCH 2021 Strawberry Candy Strawberry Candy 2020 A DOG A DOG 2020 Iron Pulse Iron Pulse 2020 Long Live the Cat Long Live the Cat 2020 WOKE WOKE 2020 Representation of Light Representation of Light 2020 Strangers in the Alley Strangers in the Alley 2020 I Am a Motif I Am a Motif 2020 Notre maison Notre maison 2020 The Big Tree in Front of the House The Big Tree in Front of the House 2020 My Hand, Her Hand My Hand, Her Hand 2020 Empty Hands Empty Hands 2020 WildAid 'Hankograph' ★ 6.0 WildAid 'Hankograph' 2019 Dreams into Drawing Dreams into Drawing 2019 Keep Forgetting Keep Forgetting 2019 Where is my home? Where is my home? 2019 House Rattler House Rattler 2019 Psyche Psyche 2019 Indoor Days Indoor Days 2019 See My World See My World 2019 The Death Vendor ★ 8.0 The Death Vendor 2019 Dissipate Dissipate 2019 Pickle Plum Parade Pickle Plum Parade 2019 What's that smell? What's that smell? 2019 Stay With Me Stay With Me 2019 The On-hold Music of Terror The On-hold Music of Terror 2019 A Pawn A Pawn 2019 Hear the Snow Melt Hear the Snow Melt 2019 That summer there were two of us That summer there were two of us 2019 Flow of Life Flow of Life 2019 Boozy Woozy Wonderland Boozy Woozy Wonderland 2019 Summer Sky Reverie Summer Sky Reverie 2019 Behind Us Behind Us 2019 Bath House of Whales ★ 7.0 Bath House of Whales 2019 The Body in the Mind The Body in the Mind 2019 Pupa Pupa 2019 In There In There 2018 Namahage's Obon Homecoming Namahage's Obon Homecoming 2018 Lion Nanny's Journey Lion Nanny's Journey 2018 On the way home On the way home 2018 Bero Bero Bero Bero 2018