Koji Yamamura
Director · Actor · WriterKoji 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.
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KNOWN FOR
FILMOGRAPHY
ACTOR6
DIRECTOR42
Haru no Umi
2026
Director
Extremely Short
2024
Director
Dozens of Norths
2023
Director
My Inner Ear Quartet
2023
Director
Polar Bear Bears Boredom
2021
Director
Dreams into Drawing
2019
Director
WildAid 'Hankograph'
2019
Director
Water Dream
2017
Director
Notes on Monstropedia
2017
Director
Satie's "Parade"
2016
Director
Zodiac One Third
2016
Director
The Hyuga Episode of Kojiki
2013
Director
Five Fire Fish
2013
Director
Muybridge's Strings
2011
Director
- Anthology with Cranes
Anthology with Cranes
2011
Director
Franz Kafka's a Country Doctor
2007
Director
A Child's Metaphysics
2007
Director
Man & Whale
2007
Director
Tokyo Loop
2006
Director
The Old Crocodile
2005
Director
Winter Days
2003
Director
- Pieces
Pieces
2003
Director
Mount Head
2002
Director
- Your Choice!
Your Choice!
2000
Director
Nakamura Kazuyoshi - Jubilee
1999
Director
- Bavel's Book
Bavel's Book
1996
Director
- Kid's Castle
Kid's Castle
1995
Director
- Kipling Jr.
Kipling Jr.
1995
Director
- Karo and Piyobupt: A House
Karo and Piyobupt: A House
1993
Director
- Karo and Piyobupt: The Sandwiches
Karo and Piyobupt: The Sandwiches
1993
Director
- Karo and Piyobupt: Imagination
Karo and Piyobupt: Imagination
1993
Director
The Elevator
1991
Director
- Perspektivenbox – Researcher's Research
Perspektivenbox – Researcher's Research
1990
Director
- Japanese-English Pictionary
Japanese-English Pictionary
1989
Director
SONODA Video - Spring / Summer / Fall / Winter
1988
Director
Aquatic
1987
Director
Heavenly Bodies' Score
1987
Director
- Quick-Sand
Quick-Sand
1987
Co-Director
Freshwater
1986
Director
Natural History
1985
Director
Serenade
1985
Director
The Spring Sea
Director
WRITER7
PRODUCER180
Eri, The Cow
2026
Supervising Producer
- OCTOPOLIS - Prologue -
OCTOPOLIS - Prologue -
2025
Producer
REST
2025
Producer
Extremely Short
2024
Producer
Dozens of Norths
2023
Producer
- Joy of Life
Joy of Life
2023
Producer
Alien Human
2023
Producer
To the Moon and Back
2023
Producer
BLUE
2023
Producer
Methodology of Opening Jars
2023
Producer
LOVE★STAR
2023
Producer
Stained Smell
2022
Producer
Before Dawn
2022
Producer
Winter Star
2022
Producer
Poo Down Hill Up
2022
Producer
919
2022
Producer
In the Big Yard Inside the Teeny-Weeny Pocket
2022
Producer
The House of Loss
2022
Producer
The Ant Tower
2022
Producer
Chinatown, Whereabouts Unknown
2022
Producer
Me and Me
2022
Producer
Squishy Fish Eggs
2021
Producer
The Mouse and a Prism
2021
Producer
So I Picked Up the Worm
2021
Producer
Round Trip
2021
Producer
Conflicted
2021
Producer
Red
2021
Producer
Coping Mechanism
2021
Producer
blink
2021
Producer
Amane Diary
2021
Producer
MUNCH MUNCH
2021
Producer
Dear Viruses
2021
Producer
POP JUNKIE
2021
Producer
Brother
2021
Producer
Our 2
2021
Producer
Polar Bear Bears Boredom
2021
Producer
Are you here, Ser Brunetto?
2021
Production Supervisor
A Bite of Bone
2021
Producer
Our Little Pond
2021
Producer
A DOG
2020
Producer
Representation of Light
2020
Producer
WOKE
2020
Producer
Iron Pulse
2020
Producer
Strangers in the Alley
2020
Producer
Long Live the Cat
2020
Producer
Notre maison
2020
Producer
The Big Tree in Front of the House
2020
Producer
I Am a Motif
2020
Producer
Strawberry Candy
2020
Producer
My Hand, Her Hand
2020
Producer
Empty Hands
2020
Producer
House Rattler
2019
Producer
Psyche
2019
Producer
Indoor Days
2019
Producer
See My World
2019
Producer
The Death Vendor
2019
Producer
Dissipate
2019
Producer
Pickle Plum Parade
2019
Producer
The Body in the Mind
2019
Producer
What's that smell?
2019
Producer
Stay With Me
2019
Producer
The On-hold Music of Terror
2019
Producer
Pupa
2019
Producer
A Pawn
2019
Producer
Hear the Snow Melt
2019
Producer
That summer there were two of us
2019
Producer
Where is my home?
2019
Producer
Flow of Life
2019
Producer
Keep Forgetting
2019
Producer
Boozy Woozy Wonderland
2019
Producer
Summer Sky Reverie
2019
Producer
Behind Us
2019
Producer
Bath House of Whales
2019
Executive Producer
Quest of the Battling Gods
2018
Producer
light of temptation
2018
Producer
In There
2018
Producer
Memory Drawers
2018
Producer
The Red Bridge is Falling Down
2018
Producer
Take Me Home
2018
Producer
Lion Nanny's Journey
2018
Producer
The Body Swap Center
2018
Producer
Live or Let Live
2018
Producer
Fluffiction
2018
Producer
Namahage's Obon Homecoming
2018
Producer
My Little Goat
2018
Producer
Typhoon No. 14
2018
Producer
Shiosai-bound
2018
Producer
On the way home
2018
Producer
Angel inside a box
2018
Producer
SIBLINGS
2018
Producer
A4 Microcosm
2018
Producer
Bero Bero
2018
Producer
Dance to Life
2018
Producer
7 falls, 8 comebacks, 7 sports
2018
Producer
Jinxes
2018
Producer
Gals
2018
Producer
The Pearl Remains
2018
Producer
Time Autobahn
2018
Producer
To day plus one
2018
Producer
The Story of a Motorbike
2017
Producer
Nosferatu Maiden
2017
Producer
yelp
2017
Producer
South Forest
2017
Producer
Cosmopolite
2017
Producer
There was a man
2017
Producer
Squid Introspection
2017
Producer
Self-Honest Me
2017
Producer
RINGING CITY
2017
Producer
- 四季
四季
2017
Supervising Producer
flower
2017
Producer
AEON
2017
Producer
Cogito Wonderland
2017
Producer
Candy.zip
2017
Producer
If Everyone Looked the Same
2016
Producer
Silence
2016
Producer
Umbrella
2016
Producer
man of many arms
2016
Producer
CHARON Pluto’s lonesomeness
2016
Producer
Starting Over
2016
Producer
Awakened Seed
2016
Producer
mayumi
2016
Producer
Red Forest
2016
Producer
Satie's "Parade"
2016
Producer
At The Mouth of Summer
2016
Producer
First Hand Memories
2016
Producer
RADIO WAVE
2016
Producer
Milky Ways
2016
Producer
Crossing Sight
2015
Producer
The Yellow Ball
2015
Producer
Black Cat
2015
Producer
Color Blots
2015
Producer
- Moonlit Night and Opal
Moonlit Night and Opal
2015
Producer
- Zdravstvuite!
Zdravstvuite!
2015
Producer
- Fox Fears
Fox Fears
2015
Producer
- Missing You
Missing You
2015
Producer
- Tepid Bath
Tepid Bath
2015
Producer
- aaH / Hee
aaH / Hee
2014
Producer
- Spoon
Spoon
2014
Producer
- Reinventing the Square Wheel
Reinventing the Square Wheel
2014
Producer
- See ya, Mr. Banno!
See ya, Mr. Banno!
2014
Producer
- My Dear
My Dear
2014
Producer
Through the Windows
2014
Producer
- Flower Bud
Flower Bud
2014
Producer
My Milk Cup Cow
2014
Producer
- Mrs. KABAGOdZILLA
Mrs. KABAGOdZILLA
2014
Producer
Crazy Little Thing
2014
Producer
- Exit My Room
Exit My Room
2014
Producer
- Everyday Sins
Everyday Sins
2014
Producer
00:08
2014
Producer
- My Dear Flesh
My Dear Flesh
2013
Producer
- Cubic Centimeter
Cubic Centimeter
2013
Producer
- Ream
Ream
2013
Producer
- Kicking Rocks
Kicking Rocks
2013
Producer
- USALULLABY
USALULLABY
2013
Producer
- From a Stone
From a Stone
2013
Producer
- Wild Wild Ham
Wild Wild Ham
2013
Producer
- Maze King
Maze King
2013
Producer
It’s Time for Supper
2013
Producer
- A Gum Boy
A Gum Boy
2013
Producer
My Frame
2013
Producer
I’m Nothing
2013
Producer
- The Man Who Ate an Apple
The Man Who Ate an Apple
2012
Producer
- The Cloudy Dog Talk About
The Cloudy Dog Talk About
2012
Producer
- Recruit Rhapsody
Recruit Rhapsody
2012
Producer
- A Wind Egg
A Wind Egg
2012
Producer
- Flower and Steam
Flower and Steam
2012
Producer
People who are Eating
2012
Producer
- Awaiting
Awaiting
2012
Producer
- Sunset Flower Blooming
Sunset Flower Blooming
2012
Producer
- Spirits from the Night
Spirits from the Night
2012
Producer
- Scripta volant
Scripta volant
2011
Producer
- From the Dolphin
From the Dolphin
2011
Producer
- Spots Spots
Spots Spots
2011
Producer
- The Grouse in Snow Mountain
The Grouse in Snow Mountain
2011
Producer
In a Pig's Eye
2010
Producer
Woman Who Stole Fingers
2010
Producer
Bring Me Up
2010
Producer
Getting Dressed
2010
Producer
Googuri Googuri
2010
Producer
Heavenly Bodies' Score
1987
Producer
VISUAL EFFECTS9
Dozens of Norths
2023
Animation, Visual Effects
Polar Bear Bears Boredom
2021
Animation
Water Dream
2017
Animation
Satie's "Parade"
2016
Animation
Muybridge's Strings
2011
Animation
Franz Kafka's a Country Doctor
2007
Animation
Tracing Jake
2004
Animation Director
Mount Head
2002
Animation
The Happy and Short Life of a Goldfish
1995
Animation
