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Latest film · 2016
怪物学抄
An animated archive compiled by a fictitious medieval European monsterologist, describing the habits of imaginary creatures through simple words and movement.
Fantasy · 6 min · 7K views
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6 min
怪物学抄
2016 · Fantasy · 7K views
An animated archive compiled by a fictitious medieval European monsterologist, describing the habits of imaginary creatures through simple words and movement.
2 min
Zodiac One Third
2016 · Experimental · 7.9K views
The twenty zodiac signs spanning 1997 to 2016 emerge and morph into one another, marking one third of the sixty-year zodiac cycle.
1 min
Five Fire Fish
2013 · Experimental · 10K views
Koji Yamamura improvises abstract etched-on-film animation on an iPad app, its movements falling into sync with Norman McLaren's music.
2 min
Anthology with Cranes
2011 · Experimental · 10K views
Koji Yamamura animates Sotatsu Tawaraya's 17th-century 13-metre scroll painting of cranes, bringing its flight to life as moving image.
5 min
Fig
2006 · Experimental · 11K views
The view of Tokyo Tower from a window transforms into a man who wanders the night city with dogs bearing fish, bird and faucet tails.
13 min
The Old Crocodile
2005 · Myth · 5.1K views
A crocodile so old he saw the pyramids being built is driven from the Nile and drifts out to sea, where an unexpected friendship begins. Adapted from Léopold Chauveau's 1923 tale.
13 min
The Old Crocodile
2005 · Fantasy · 15K views
Exiled by his family after a terrible lapse of appetite, an ancient crocodile sets off for the Red Sea with an octopus who adores him.
13 min
The Old Crocodile
2005 · Fantasy · 1.5M views
Exiled by his family, an ancient, aching crocodile sets off for the Red Sea with an octopus who loves him, though his hunger keeps getting in the way.
Annecy
10 min
Mt. Head
2002 · Dark Comedy · 7.5K views
After swallowing cherry seeds, a stingy man finds a cherry tree sprouting from his head, drawing crowds and ever-growing trouble.
10 min
Your Choice!
1999 · Family · 40K views
A shaggy crocodile with a toothache and an armadillo unsure about an umbrella face a string of everyday choices.
10 min
Your Choice!
1999 · Comedy · 20K views
Raoul the alligator needs a dentist and a haircut, and Madillo the armadillo can't decide about an umbrella, so a group of child 'Junior Directors' make the choices.
5 min
Bavel's Book
1996 · Fantasy · 153K views
Two siblings who miss their bus open an old book left on the bench, and a Tower of Babel full of library treasures rises from its pages.
14 min
Kipling Jr.
1995 · Fantasy · 19K views
Young Kip Kipling, his mum and dad, and a three-piece band led by Rog set off on a lyrical, fantastical adventure.
5 min
Kid's Castle
1995 · Fantasy · 10K views
A playful, imaginative hand-drawn short from Japanese animation master Koji Yamamura, built around children's play.
4 min
Imagination
1992 · Family · 52K views
On a rainy day, Karo sees a fish swimming through the air, but Piyobupt laughs at him. Their quarrel slowly grows into a shared flight of imagination.
4 min
The Sandwiches
1992 · Family · 70K views
Karo and Piyobupt make sandwiches together in the kitchen, then head off for a picnic on a green field, where things don't go quite as planned.
4 min
A House
1992 · Family · 166K views
On a winter day, two little birds, Karo and Piyobupt, land by a big tree and set about building a house in its branches.
8 min
The Elevator
1991 · Experimental · 14K views
An animated short by Japanese auteur Koji Yamamura, built around a ride in an elevator.
4 min
Perspektivenbox
1990 · Experimental · 15K views
Crows, bar codes, cloned salarymen and compulsive shoppers are compressed into a dense, multi-layered vision of the standardized, overcrowded modern city.
12 min
Japanese-English Pictionary
1989 · Experimental · 14K views
Parallel Japanese and English word chains run from A to Z, each word transforming into the next as the animation technique keeps changing.
Clermont-Ferrand
5 min
Aquatic
1987 · Experimental · 13K views
Koji Yamamura's early graduation film, a dreamlike wordless animation steeped in water and transformation.
4 min
FreshWater
1986 · Experimental · 5.6K views
On a late-night train, a young man dozes. At a station a giant carp swims in, and the carriage turns into a nighttime aquarium where freshwater creatures appear and vanish.
4 min
Serenade
1985 · Experimental · 5.7K views
An early 8mm animation by Koji Yamamura that blends hand-drawn animation with photographed backgrounds to a violin serenade.
2 min
Natural History
1985 · Experimental · 7.9K views
An early 8mm animation by Koji Yamamura in which strange creatures morph and parade to a brassy Willem Breuker track.
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