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

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...

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...

Short by Koji Yamamura

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...

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...

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

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

An animated short film by Yamamura Kouji.

Short by Koji Yamamura

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

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

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.

Short by Koji Yamamura

Short by Koji Yamamura

Using the constellation as a motif, the heavens and the earth, metamorphose all the creatures.

A normal day turns into a day of adventure when an elevator that carries a boy does not stop where it should.

A segment for Image Forum Festival 2005's Tokyo Loop

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

Short by Koji Yamamura