Koji Yamamura Movies

A look at the life, work and importance of Czech filmmaker Karel Zeman (1910-89), a genius of world cinema, a wizard of special effects, revealing...

Heartbroken, I bought a bottle of wine and drank it walking home. A tipsy journey reconstructed using the Japanese traditional storytelling method...

How to make this mysterious cake? The ingredients include blue eggs, cookie flowers, pillow stuffing and much more.

An animated film based on one of the renku (collaborative linked poems) in the 1684 collection of the same name by the 17th-century Japanese poet...

A bizarre medical exam of a nude woman by several doctors and scientists reveals that their latest subject has committed suicide before giving birth...

A huge pig lies by a house. The family of the house go about their everyday life, pretending to ignore the pig’s existence.

Inuyama is intrigued by the existence of "Jake," a mysterious crocodile that has been sighted in many countries around the world. He continues to...

A little girl reflects on her last summer with her father at his funeral.

I'm the only one who can't live without an oxygen tank in the underwater world. No matter how suffocated I feel, I preserve peace and harmony by...

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 game to find image in a chance. In this Aleatoricism there are much more potentials than what I have moved.

Okinawa is ominous right before the arrival of a typhoon. At first, Anri is excited by the unusual turn of events, but gradually she becomes fearful...

Everyone crosses the Red Bridge and yet no one likes him. One day, he falls into the deep valley.

A glimpse into a world where uniformity and conformity rule.

Two brothers are drawing pictures in art class, but they see completely different things. The younger one is confused by the behavior of his brother,...

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 girl made of unmelted snow has fallen in love with the dragon who brings spring. A story of changing seasons and thawing hearts.

Mizuki Kiyama's short animation utilizes a paint on glass technique to render a young girl's visit to a neighborhood sento (bath house) with her...

There's a pet caterpillar named Larva in my class. I don't like bugs but Larva is sweet and we become friends. But one day, I am faced with a...

The painter Kuwagata Keisai lived over 200 years ago. He created 'Ways to Sketch', a series of picture books illustrating humans and animals, all...