Movies: Yamamura Animation
- 1985

Serenade (1985)
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One night Mr. K went for a walk with his pet......
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- 2002

Mount Head (2002)
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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 back. After a while, he gives up and lets it grow, but the crowds that gather on top of his head to enj...
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- 2007

Franz Kafka's a Country Doctor (2007)
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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 "unearthly horses" transport him instantaneously to the bedside. The doctor, preoccupied with personal ...
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- 2023

Dozens of Norths (2023)
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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....
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- 1993

Karo and Piyobupt: A House (1993)
Karo and Piyobupt: A House5.21993HD
The first short in the series Karo and Piyobupt by Koji Yamamura...
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- 2005

The Old Crocodile (2005)
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A very old crocodile is shunned by his family after eating one of them....
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- 2006

Fig (2006)
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A segment for Image Forum Festival 2005's Tokyo Loop...
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- 1990

Perspektivenbox -Researcher's Search- (1990)
Perspektivenbox -Researcher's Search-5.21990HD
Short by Koji Yamamura...
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- 1991

The Elevator (1991)
The Elevator6.51991HD
A normal day turns into a day of adventure when an elevator that carries a boy does not stop where it should....
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- 1996

Bavel's Book (1996)
Bavel's Book5.71996HD
Short by Koji Yamamura...
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- 2011

Muybridge's Strings (2011)
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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....
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- 2021

Polar Bear Bears Boredom (2021)
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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 animals" in scroll painting-style; this time, "Frolicking Sea Animals," in animation form, with a play o...
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- 1995

Kid's Castle (1995)
Kid's Castle5.51995HD
Short by Koji Yamamura...
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- 1987

Heavenly Bodies' Score (1987)
Heavenly Bodies' Score5.51987HD
Using the constellation as a motif, the heavens and the earth, metamorphose all the creatures....
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- 2017

Notes on Monstropedia (2017)
Notes on Monstropedia6.52017HD
An animated archive of imaginary monsters written by a fictitious mosterologist in Medieval Europe....
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- 2016

Zodiac One Third (2016)
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This work was commissioned for the 20th Anniversary Edition of the Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival and made possible by support from the 2016 Champion and Patron Members of Reel Asian. Chinese Zodiac is 60-years cycle by 10 heavenly el...
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- 2013

Five Fire Fish (2013)
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Created using "Etching on film" from the NFB's McLaren's Workshop Application....
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- 2007

Man & Whale (2007)
Man & Whale6.52007HD
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 head teacher is swept away with sentiment into a flashback from the past....
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- 1985

Natural History (1985)
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Several painted figures are superimposed....
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- 2003

Pieces (2003)
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A series of nine flipbook-like vignettes showcasing simple revelations of movement and color. Koji Yamamura's animation refers back to the phenakistoscope, one of the earliest mechanisms used to make drawings move....
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