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Koji Yamamura

Directing

Koji Yamamura

EN, JA, XX, KO cinema · 226 credits

Born

4 June 1964 (age 62)

Birthplace

Nagoya, Japan

Also known as Yamamura · 山村 浩二 · Kouji Yamamura · Kôji Yamamura · Kouji YAMAMURA · Кодзи Ямамура

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.

Known for

Filmography

Hand-Drawn: Documentary poster

Hand-Drawn: Documentary

ENNot rated

as Self

The Spring Sea poster

The Spring Sea

JANot rated

Director

Eri, The Cow poster

Eri, The Cow

JA · 20266.0

Supervising Producer

Haru no Umi poster

Haru no Umi

XX · 2026Not rated

Director, Music, Writer

オクトポリス -プロローグ-

2025

OCTOPOLIS - Prologue -

JA · 2025Not rated

Producer

REST poster

REST

JA · 2025Not rated

Producer

Extremely Short poster

Extremely Short

JA · 20247.0

Director, Producer

Dozens of Norths poster

Dozens of Norths

JA · 20236.2

Editor, Director, Producer, Screenplay, Animation, Visual Effects, Creator

My Inner Ear Quartet poster

My Inner Ear Quartet

EN · 2023Not rated

Director

生の喜び生きる喜び

2023

Joy of Life

JA · 2023Not rated

Producer

Alien Human poster

Alien Human

JA · 2023Not rated

Producer

To the Moon and Back poster

To the Moon and Back

JA · 20238.0

Producer

BLUE poster

BLUE

JA · 2023Not rated

Producer

Methodology of Opening Jars poster

Methodology of Opening Jars

JA · 2023Not rated

Producer

LOVE★STAR poster

LOVE★STAR

JA · 2023Not rated

Producer

Stained Smell poster

Stained Smell

JA · 2022Not rated

Producer

Before Dawn poster

Before Dawn

JA · 2022Not rated

Producer

Winter Star poster

Winter Star

JA · 2022Not rated

Producer

Poo Down Hill Up poster

Poo Down Hill Up

JA · 2022Not rated

Producer

919 poster

919

JA · 20225.0

Producer

In the Big Yard Inside the Teeny-Weeny Pocket poster

In the Big Yard Inside the Teeny-Weeny Pocket

JA · 20226.2

Producer

The House of Loss poster

The House of Loss

KO · 20227.0

Producer

The Ant Tower poster

The Ant Tower

JA · 2022Not rated

Producer

Chinatown, Whereabouts Unknown poster

Chinatown, Whereabouts Unknown

JA · 2022Not rated

Producer

Me and Me poster

Me and Me

JA · 2022Not rated

Producer

Squishy Fish Eggs poster

Squishy Fish Eggs

JA · 2021Not rated

Producer

The Mouse and a Prism poster

The Mouse and a Prism

JA · 2021Not rated

Producer

So I Picked Up the Worm poster

So I Picked Up the Worm

JA · 20217.0

Producer

Round Trip poster

Round Trip

JA · 2021Not rated

Producer

Conflicted poster

Conflicted

JA · 2021Not rated

Producer

Red poster

Red

JA · 2021Not rated

Producer

Coping Mechanism poster

Coping Mechanism

JA · 2021Not rated

Producer

blink poster

blink

JA · 2021Not rated

Producer

Amane Diary poster

Amane Diary

JA · 2021Not rated

Producer

MUNCH MUNCH poster

MUNCH MUNCH

JA · 2021Not rated

Producer

Dear Viruses poster

Dear Viruses

JA · 2021Not rated

Producer

POP JUNKIE poster

POP JUNKIE

JA · 2021Not rated

Producer

Brother poster

Brother

JA · 202110.0

Producer

Our 2 poster

Our 2

JA · 2021Not rated

Producer

Polar Bear Bears Boredom poster

Polar Bear Bears Boredom

JA · 20217.0

Director, Writer, Digital Producer, Animation, Painter, Producer

Are you here, Ser Brunetto? poster

Are you here, Ser Brunetto?

JA · 2021Not rated

Production Supervisor

A Bite of Bone poster

A Bite of Bone

JA · 20217.0

Producer

Our Little Pond poster

Our Little Pond

JA · 2021Not rated

Producer

A DOG poster

A DOG

JA · 2020Not rated

Producer

Representation of Light poster

Representation of Light

JA · 2020Not rated

Producer

WOKE poster

WOKE

JA · 2020Not rated

Producer

Iron Pulse poster

Iron Pulse

JA · 2020Not rated

Producer

Strangers in the Alley poster

Strangers in the Alley

JA · 2020Not rated

Producer

Long Live the Cat poster

Long Live the Cat

JA · 2020Not rated

Producer

Notre maison poster

Notre maison

JA · 2020Not rated

Producer

The Big Tree in Front of the House poster

The Big Tree in Front of the House

JA · 2020Not rated

Producer

I Am a Motif poster

I Am a Motif

JA · 2020Not rated

Producer

Strawberry Candy poster

Strawberry Candy

JA · 2020Not rated

Producer

My Hand, Her Hand poster

My Hand, Her Hand

JA · 20205.0

Producer

Empty Hands poster

Empty Hands

JA · 2020Not rated

Producer

House Rattler poster

House Rattler

JA · 2019Not rated

Producer

Psyche poster

Psyche

JA · 2019Not rated

Producer

Indoor Days poster

Indoor Days

JA · 2019Not rated

Producer

See My World poster

See My World

JA · 2019Not rated

Producer

The Death Vendor poster

The Death Vendor

JA · 20198.0

Producer

Dissipate poster

Dissipate

JA · 2019Not rated

Producer

Pickle Plum Parade poster

Pickle Plum Parade

JA · 2019Not rated

Producer

The Body in the Mind poster

The Body in the Mind

JA · 2019Not rated

Producer

What's that smell? poster

What's that smell?

JA · 2019Not rated

Producer

Stay With Me poster

Stay With Me

JA · 2019Not rated

Producer

The On-hold Music of Terror poster

The On-hold Music of Terror

JA · 2019Not rated

Producer

Pupa poster

Pupa

JA · 20198.0

Producer

A Pawn poster

A Pawn

JA · 2019Not rated

Producer

Hear the Snow Melt poster

Hear the Snow Melt

JA · 2019Not rated

Producer

That summer there were two of us poster

That summer there were two of us

JA · 2019Not rated

Producer

Where is my home? poster

Where is my home?

JA · 2019Not rated

Producer

Flow of Life poster

Flow of Life

JA · 2019Not rated

Producer

Keep Forgetting poster

Keep Forgetting

JA · 2019Not rated

Producer

Boozy Woozy Wonderland poster

Boozy Woozy Wonderland

JA · 2019Not rated

Producer

Summer Sky Reverie poster

Summer Sky Reverie

JA · 2019Not rated

Producer

Behind Us poster

Behind Us

JA · 2019Not rated

Producer

Dreams into Drawing poster

Dreams into Drawing

JA · 2019Not rated

Director

WildAid 'Hankograph' poster

WildAid 'Hankograph'

JA · 20196.0

Director

Bath House of Whales poster

Bath House of Whales

JA · 20198.5

Executive Producer

Quest of the Battling Gods poster

Quest of the Battling Gods

JA · 2018Not rated

Producer

light of temptation poster

light of temptation

JA · 2018Not rated

Producer

In There poster

In There

JA · 2018Not rated

Producer

Memory Drawers poster

Memory Drawers

JA · 2018Not rated

Producer

The Red Bridge is Falling Down poster

The Red Bridge is Falling Down

JA · 20185.0

Producer

Take Me Home poster

Take Me Home

JA · 2018Not rated

Producer

Lion Nanny's Journey poster

Lion Nanny's Journey

JA · 2018Not rated

Producer

The Body Swap Center poster

The Body Swap Center

JA · 2018Not rated

Producer

Live or Let Live poster

Live or Let Live

JA · 2018Not rated

Producer

Fluffiction poster

Fluffiction

JA · 2018Not rated

Producer

Namahage's Obon Homecoming poster

Namahage's Obon Homecoming

JA · 2018Not rated

Producer

My Little Goat poster

My Little Goat

JA · 20187.8

Producer

Typhoon No. 14 poster

Typhoon No. 14

JA · 2018Not rated

Producer

Shiosai-bound poster

Shiosai-bound

JA · 2018Not rated

Producer

On the way home poster

On the way home

JA · 2018Not rated

Producer

Angel inside a box poster

Angel inside a box

JA · 2018Not rated

Producer

SIBLINGS poster

SIBLINGS

JA · 2018Not rated

Producer

A4 Microcosm poster

A4 Microcosm

JA · 2018Not rated

Producer

Bero Bero poster

Bero Bero

JA · 2018Not rated

Producer

Dance to Life poster

Dance to Life

JA · 2018Not rated

Producer

7 falls, 8 comebacks, 7 sports poster

7 falls, 8 comebacks, 7 sports

JA · 2018Not rated

Producer

Jinxes poster

Jinxes

JA · 2018Not rated

Producer

Gals poster

Gals

JA · 2018Not rated

Producer

The Pearl Remains poster

The Pearl Remains

JA · 20188.0

Producer

Time Autobahn poster

Time Autobahn

JA · 2018Not rated

Producer

To day plus one poster

To day plus one

JA · 2018Not rated

Producer

The Story of a Motorbike poster

The Story of a Motorbike

ZH · 2017Not rated

Producer

Nosferatu Maiden poster

Nosferatu Maiden

JA · 20179.0

Producer

yelp poster

yelp

JA · 2017Not rated

Producer

South Forest poster

South Forest

JA · 20177.0

Producer

Cosmopolite poster

Cosmopolite

JA · 2017Not rated

Producer

There was a man poster

There was a man

JA · 2017Not rated

Producer

Squid Introspection poster

Squid Introspection

JA · 2017Not rated

Producer

Self-Honest Me poster

Self-Honest Me

JA · 2017Not rated

Producer

RINGING CITY poster

RINGING CITY

JA · 2017Not rated

Producer

四季

2017

四季

XX · 2017Not rated

Supervising Producer

Water Dream poster

Water Dream

JA · 2017Not rated

Director, Animation

flower poster

flower

JA · 2017Not rated

Producer

Notes on Monstropedia poster

Notes on Monstropedia

JA · 20176.5

Director

AEON poster

AEON

JA · 20179.5

Producer

Cogito Wonderland poster

Cogito Wonderland

JA · 2017Not rated

Producer

Candy.zip poster

Candy.zip

JA · 20176.1

Producer

If Everyone Looked the Same poster

If Everyone Looked the Same

EN · 2016Not rated

Producer

Silence poster

Silence

JA · 2016Not rated

Producer

Umbrella poster

Umbrella

ZH · 2016Not rated

Producer

man of many arms poster

man of many arms

JA · 2016Not rated

Producer

CHARON Pluto’s lonesomeness poster

CHARON Pluto’s lonesomeness

JA · 2016Not rated

Producer

Starting Over poster

Starting Over

JA · 20167.5

Producer

Awakened Seed poster

Awakened Seed

JA · 2016Not rated

Producer

mayumi poster

mayumi

JA · 2016Not rated

Producer

Red Forest poster

Red Forest

JA · 2016Not rated

Producer

Satie's "Parade" poster

Satie's "Parade"

JA · 20166.2

Director, Writer, Animation, Producer

Zodiac One Third poster

Zodiac One Third

JA · 20167.0

Director

At The Mouth of Summer poster

At The Mouth of Summer

JA · 2016Not rated

Producer

First Hand Memories poster

First Hand Memories

JA · 2016Not rated

Producer

RADIO WAVE poster

RADIO WAVE

JA · 201610.0

Producer

Milky Ways poster

Milky Ways

JA · 2016Not rated

Producer

Film Adventurer Karel Zeman poster

Film Adventurer Karel Zeman

CS · 20157.5

as Self

Crossing Sight poster

Crossing Sight

JA · 2015Not rated

Producer

The Yellow Ball poster

The Yellow Ball

JA · 2015Not rated

Producer

Black Cat poster

Black Cat

JA · 2015Not rated

Producer

Color Blots poster

Color Blots

JA · 2015Not rated

Producer

Moonlit Night and Opal poster

Moonlit Night and Opal

JA · 2015Not rated

Producer

ズドラーストヴィチェ!

2015

Zdravstvuite!

JA · 2015Not rated

Producer

きつね憑き

2015

Fox Fears

JA · 20157.0

Producer

白いうなばら

2015

Missing You

JA · 2015Not rated

Producer

Tepid Bath

2015

Tepid Bath

JA · 2015Not rated

Producer

ああ/良い

2014

aaH / Hee

JA · 20144.5

Producer

Spoon

2014

Spoon

JA · 2014Not rated

Producer

四角い車輪の再発明

2014

Reinventing the Square Wheel

JA · 2014Not rated

Producer

黄色い気球とばんの先生

2014

See ya, Mr. Banno!

JA · 2014Not rated

Producer

My Dear

2014

My Dear

JA · 2014Not rated

Producer

Through the Windows poster

Through the Windows

JA · 2014Not rated

Producer

花芽

2014

Flower Bud

JA · 2014Not rated

Producer

My Milk Cup Cow poster

My Milk Cup Cow

ZH · 20146.6

Producer

Mrs. KABAGOdZILLA

2014

Mrs. KABAGOdZILLA

JA · 20148.0

Producer

Crazy Little Thing poster

Crazy Little Thing

JA · 2014Not rated

Producer

おでかけ

2014

Exit My Room

JA · 2014Not rated

Producer

日々の罪悪

2014

Everyday Sins

JA · 2014Not rated

Producer

00:08 poster

00:08

JA · 20145.5

Producer

かみさまのはらわた

2013

My Dear Flesh

JA · 2013Not rated

Producer

春成つむぎ

2013

Cubic Centimeter

JA · 2013Not rated

Producer

連

2013

Ream

JA · 2013Not rated

Producer

Kicking Rocks poster

Kicking Rocks

JA · 2013Not rated

Producer

USALULLABY

2013

USALULLABY

JA · 20133.0

Producer

石から

2013

From a Stone

JA · 2013Not rated

Producer

底なしウィンナー

2013

Wild Wild Ham

JA · 2013Not rated

Producer

Maze King

2013

Maze King

JA · 20136.0

Producer

It’s Time for Supper poster

It’s Time for Supper

JA · 2013Not rated

Producer

The Hyuga Episode of Kojiki poster

The Hyuga Episode of Kojiki

JA · 20133.5

Director

Five Fire Fish poster

Five Fire Fish

JA · 2013Not rated

Director

くちゃお

2013

A Gum Boy

JA · 20134.5

Producer

My Frame poster

My Frame

JA · 20134.0

Producer

I’m Nothing poster

I’m Nothing

JA · 2013Not rated

Producer

The Man Who Ate an Apple

2012

The Man Who Ate an Apple

JA · 2012Not rated

Producer

ほこり犬のはなし

2012

The Cloudy Dog Talk About

JA · 2012Not rated

Producer

Recruit Rhapsody poster

Recruit Rhapsody

JA · 20127.0

Producer

空の卵

2012

A Wind Egg

JA · 2012Not rated

Producer

花と嫁

2012

Flower and Steam

JA · 2012Not rated

Producer

People who are Eating poster

People who are Eating

JA · 20126.5

Producer

Awaiting

2012

Awaiting

JA · 20125.0

Producer

夕化粧

2012

Sunset Flower Blooming

JA · 2012Not rated

Producer

夜から来た人たち

2012

Spirits from the Night

JA · 2012Not rated

Producer

Muybridge's Strings poster

Muybridge's Strings

JA · 20116.0

Director, Editor, Screenplay, Animation

鶴下絵和歌巻

2011

Anthology with Cranes

JA · 20117.0

Director

Scripta volant

2011

Scripta volant

JA · 2011Not rated

Producer

イルカから

2011

From the Dolphin

JA · 2011Not rated

Producer

Spots Spots

2011

Spots Spots

JA · 2011Not rated

Producer

雪山のライチョウ

2011

The Grouse in Snow Mountain

JA · 2011Not rated

Producer

In a Pig's Eye poster

In a Pig's Eye

JA · 20105.0

Producer

Woman Who Stole Fingers poster

Woman Who Stole Fingers

XX · 20106.5

Producer

Bring Me Up poster

Bring Me Up

JA · 20106.0

Producer

Getting Dressed poster

Getting Dressed

JA · 20106.0

Producer

Googuri Googuri poster

Googuri Googuri

JA · 2010Not rated

Producer

Nihon no Uta Film (Red Disc) poster

Nihon no Uta Film (Red Disc)

JA · 2010Not rated

Director

Franz Kafka's a Country Doctor poster

Franz Kafka's a Country Doctor

JA · 20076.7

Director, Background Designer, Animation

A Child's Metaphysics poster

A Child's Metaphysics

JA · 20076.8

Director

Man & Whale poster

Man & Whale

JA · 20076.5

Director

Tokyo Loop poster

Tokyo Loop

JA · 20067.7

Director

無花果

2006

Fig

JA · 2006Not rated

Director, Editor, Animation

Frank & Wendy poster

Frank & Wendy

ET · 20057.3

as Japanese Tourist (voice)

The Old Crocodile poster

The Old Crocodile

JA · 20056.5

Director

Tracing Jake poster

Tracing Jake

JA · 20048.0

Animation Director

Winter Days poster

Winter Days

JA · 20036.1

Director

おまけ

2003

Pieces

JA · 20035.7

Director, Writer

Mount Head poster

Mount Head

JA · 20026.4

Director, Editor, Animation, Production Design

Legendary Crocodile, Jake and His Fellows poster

Legendary Crocodile, Jake and His Fellows

JA · 2001Not rated

Animation Director

どっちにする?

2000

Your Choice!

JA · 20007.0

Director

Nakamura Kazuyoshi - Jubilee poster

Nakamura Kazuyoshi - Jubilee

JA · 19996.5

Director

バベルの本

1996

Bavel's Book

JA · 19966.2

Director

キップリングJr.

1995

Kipling Jr.

JA · 19955.0

as Yohann Kipling, Director

キッズキャッスル

1995

Kid's Castle

JA · 19955.5

Director

The Happy and Short Life of a Goldfish poster

The Happy and Short Life of a Goldfish

JA · 19957.0

Animation

カロとピヨブプト おうち

1993

Karo and Piyobupt: A House

JA · 19935.2

Director

カロとピヨブプト サンドイッチ

1993

Karo and Piyobupt: The Sandwiches

JA · 19935.5

Director

カロとピヨブプト あめのひ

1993

Karo and Piyobupt: Imagination

JA · 19935.5

Director

The Elevator poster

The Elevator

JA · 19916.5

Director

遠近法の箱 博士の捜し物

1990

Perspektivenbox – Researcher's Research

JA · 19905.2

Director

ひゃっかずかん

1989

Japanese-English Pictionary

JA · 19896.7

Director

SONODA Video - Spring / Summer / Fall / Winter poster

SONODA Video - Spring / Summer / Fall / Winter

XX · 1988Not rated

Director

Aquatic poster

Aquatic

JA · 19876.0

Director

Heavenly Bodies' Score poster

Heavenly Bodies' Score

JA · 19875.5

Producer, Director

流砂

1987

Quick-Sand

JA · 1987Not rated

Co-Director

Cyclops poster

Cyclops

JA · 19875.4

Visual Development

Freshwater poster

Freshwater

JA · 19868.0

Director

Natural History poster

Natural History

JA · 19857.0

Director

Serenade poster

Serenade

JA · 19857.0

Director, Screenplay