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2019

Dreams Into Drawing
| Short animation | August 2019 | Japan | 10'10" | 4K, HD, DCP | 16:9, Vista | 5.1ch, Stereo | Japanese, English | Stills | Trailer |
Japanese: Yumeminoe
Spanish: Sueños en dibujo
German: Traumzeichnung
Dreams into Drawing is based on KUWAGATA KEISAI's Ways to Sketc and the short story ‘A Carp That Appeared in My Dream’ from UEDA AKINARI's Tales of Moonlight and Rain. KEISAI himself appears as a character in the animation. English Narration, English translation: ROBERT CAMPBELL
(Japanese Narration: NAGATSUKA Keishi)
Based on UEDA AKINARI ‘Muo no Rigyo’, Tales of Moon and Rain (Ugetsu Monogatari, 1776)
KUWAGATA KEISAI Ways to Sketch Animals (1797) Ways to Sketch People (1799)
Animation: YAMAMURA KOJI, YANO HONAMI
Digital Work: YAMAMURA KOJI, SANAE
Music: SYZYGYS, 43-Microtone Organ SHIMIZU HITOMI, Violin NISHIDA HIROMI
Sound Design: KASAMATSU KOJI
Supported by NIJL Arts Initiative, Tokyo University of the Arts
Production: Yamamura Animation
Script, Editing & Direction: YAMAMURA KOJI

The painter KUWAGATA KEISAI lived over 200 years ago. He illustrated Ways to Sketch, a series of picture books depicting humans and animals, all richly expressed.
One day he was sketching a carp when suddenly he fell asleep and, in his dream, transfigured into a carp. The carp was enjoying his swim, but when a fisherman caught him things suddenly took a turn for the worse...

Official Site

Official selection:
23rd New York International Children's Film Festival, US, New York, 2020.02
15th Los Angeles International Children's Film Festival, US, Santa Monica, 2020.04

2017

Water Dream
| Short animation | October 2017 | France, Japan | 10'53" | HD, DCP| 16:9 | Stereo | French | Stills |
French: L'eau des rêves
Animation, Direction: Yamamura Koji
Original Music for instruments,
voice and soundtrack: Catherin Verhelst
Dramaturgie: Hervé Tougeron
Mezzo: Kakei Akie
Clarinets: Annelise Clément
Viola: Delphine Millour
Piano: Catherin Verhelst
Recording : STUDIO 7ème CIEL, Issy les Moulineaux/France
Recording Sounds : Jean-Maurice Hayano
Supported from National Histry Museum in Nuntes
Foundation Franco-Japanese Sasawawa

This film depicts evolution from birth of life to whale in the sea with music and images by dedication to the American contemporary composer George Klum's "Vox Balaenae (1971)" There are 4 part, Proterozoic, Paleozoic, Mesozoic and Cenozoic.

Official selection:
11th Cairo International Forum for Animated Films, Egypt, Cairo, 2018.02 Official Invitation
Short Film Corner 2019, Fance, Cannes
41st Festival of 3 Continents, Nuntes, France

2016

Notes on Monstropedia
| Short animation | 2016 | Japan | 6'10" | HD, DCP | Vista, 16:9 | Stereo | No Dialogue, Japanese subtitles, English subtitles, French subtitles, Spanish subtitles, German: subtitles | Sketches | Original Drawings | Making of | Stills |
Japanese: 怪物学抄
English: Notes on Monstropedia
French: Notes de monstrologie
Spanish: Notas de monstruopedia
German: Notizen zu „Monstropedia“
Animation, Text & Directed by Yamamura Koji
Music by George Frideric Handel
Harpsichord Suite In F, HWV 427
Harpsichord Suite In D Minor, HWV 428 Var. 1~5
Music arranged by Shimizu Hitomi
Production: Yamamura Animation

An animated archive of imaginary monsters written by a fictitious monsterologist in Medieval Europe.
This work depicts the habits of monsters using movements inspired by short phrases such as “Taste of Tears”, “Tamed Wildness”, etc.

Offcial Site

Awards:
Honour distinction: 24th International Film Festival Etiuda&Anima, Kraków, Poland, November 2017
Distinction: 3rd ANIMATION MARATHON, Athens, Greece, November 2017

Official selection

7GINES EN CORTO 7th Festival Internacional de Cortometrajes de Gines, PASE INFANTIL, Gines, Spain, April 2017
19th NCCC Film & Animation Festival, Sanborn, US, May 2017
25th International Animation Festival of Brazil – Anima Mundi 2017, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Brazil, July 2017
5th International festival of animated film Constantine's Gold Coin, Nis, Serbia, July 2017
3rd Still Voices Short Film Festival 2017, Ballymahon, Co.Longford, ireland, August 2017
16th Concorto Film Festival 2017, Pontenure and Piacenza, Italy, August 2017
2nd Turku Animated Film Festival - TAFF, Finland, Turku, August 2017
13th BuSho The Budapest Short International Film Festival 2017, Budapest, Hungary, August 2017
3rd Västerås Filmfestival, Västerås, Sweden, Sept 2017
13th Indie-AniFest 2017, Seoul, Korea, Sept. 2017
25th Raindance Film Festival 2017, London, UK, October 2017
10th ANIMASYROS International Animation Festival + Agora of the island of Syros, the island of Syros, Greece, Oct 2017
3rd World Animation Celebration, USA, CA, Oct. 2017
6th International Tour Film Festival, Rome, Italy, Oct. 2017
36th Uppsala International Short Film Festival, Uppsala, Sweden, Oct. 2017
4th New Chitose Airport International Animation Festival, Chitose, Hokkaido, Nov. 2017
25th Kineko International Children’s Film Festival, Tokyo, Japan, Nov. 2017
41st CINANIMA 2017, Espinho, Portugal, Nov. 2017
3rd ANIMATION MARATHON, Athens, Greece, Nov. 2017
24th International Film Festival Etiuda&Anima, Kraków, Poland, Nov. 2017
10th Les Sommets du cinéma d'animation - Festival international de Montréal, Montréal, Canada, Nov. 2017
10th Piccolo Festival Animazione, Pordenone, Udine , Trieste, Gorizia, Venice, Italy, Dec. 2017
11th Cairo International Forum for Animated Films, Egypt, Cairo, Feb. 2018
21st New York International Children's Film Festival, UY, USA, Feb. 2018
Chicago International Children Film Festival, US, Chicago, Nov. 2018
14th Indie-AniFest, July 2018
2nd The World Animation Celebration, Sep. 2017
3rd Animation Marathon, Greece, Nov. 2017
2nd Still Voices Short Film Festival, Ireland, August. 2017
19th NCCC Film & Animation Festival, NY, US, 2017
10th AnimaSyros International Animation Festival + Agora, Cyclades, Greece, Sep. 2017
4th Animation Shorts Film Festival, MT, US, July 2017
Västerås Filmfestival, Sweden, Västerås, 2017
AWAS! A Weekend of Animation Shorts, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, May 2017
16th Countryside Animafest Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus, June 2017
7th International Film Festival «On the Edge», Sakhalin, Russia, August 2017
11th Cromarty Film Festival, Cromarty, UK, 2017.11
HIROSHIMA 2018 17th INTERNATIONAL ANIMATION FESTIVAL, Hiroshima, August 2018

English & Japanese	English & French
English & German	English & Spanish	Book Note on Monstropedia >amazon.co.jp

Zodiac One Third
| Short animation | 2016 | Japan | 2'00" | HD, DCP | 16:9 | Stereo | No Dialogue | Stills |
Music: Shimizu Hitomi
Directed & animated by Yamamura Koji
Production: Yamamura Animation

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 elements and 12 earthly animals, 20th anniversary is just one third. In this movie appearing and changing into 20 elements from 1997 that was fstarted the festival to 2016.
Music is played by Dan Bau that Vietnamese electronic stringed instrument. Screening:
20th Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival, Toronto, Canada, November 2016

Satie's "Parade"
| Short animation | 2016 | Japan | 14'12" | 4K, HD, DCP | Cinemascope | Stereo | No Dialogue French Subtitles, English Subtitles, Japanese Subtitles, Spanish Subtitles, Chinese Subtitles | Stills | Trailer |
Music & text: Erik Satie (1866-1925) >Wiki
Music performed by Willem Breuker Kollektief
Arranged by Willem Breuker (1944-2010) >BVHAAST
Directed & animated by Yamamura Koji
Special thanks: Arjen Gorter, Ornella Volta, Catherine Verhelst, Hervé Tougeron, Tokyo University of the Arts
Assistant: Yamamura Sanae
Translation: Ilan Nguyên, Spanish Translation: Nicolás Guarín, Chinese Translation: Yantong Zhu
Production: Yamamura Animation
Distribution: Au Praxinoscope

A Parade by three managers and four performers.
Koji Yamamura's new animation project, "Parade" de Satie (Satie's "Parade"). Erik Satie composed a ballet music "Parade" in 1916 with 1917.
Dutch indie jazz band, Willem Breuker Kollektief played this music and Koji Yamamura directs for Erik Satie's"Parade" as a surrealism animated ballet.It will be coming in 2016 that 150th anniversary Erik Satie and 100th anniversary "Parade".

Official Site

Awards:
Golden Brick: 6th Animax Skopje Fest, Skopje, Macedonia, December 2016
Golden Pencil Award: 7th DRAWTASTIC's 2D OR NOT 2D Animation Festival
Seattle, WA, USA, February 2017
Best of Festival - Animated Short: 6th Richmond International Film Festival , Richmond, VA, USA, March, 2017
Best Animated Film: 1st Vienna Independent Film Festival VIFF 2016, Vienna, Austria, July 2016
Best Animation: 12th BuSho The Budapest Short International Film Festival 201, Budapest, Hungary, September 2016
Best Animated Film: 2nd Edition of the Less 15 minutes International MiniMovie Film Festival, Los Angeles, CA, USA, May 2017
Crónica - Proesional trigger (Best of Professional chronicle category) : 3rd Locomocion Experimental Animation
Best Animated Short 2nd Place; 1st North Bay Art & Film Festival (NBAFF), Benicia, CA, USA, October 2016
Special Jury Prize: 18th Animated Dreams 2016, Tallinn, Estonia, November 2016
Special Prize: HIROSHIMA 2016 16th INTERNATIONAL ANIMATION FESTIVAL, Hiroshima, Japan, August 2016
[Comments on Awarding] Roll up!! Roll up!! Welcome to the Ballet Russes, a bit different from Picasso. Here comes an innocent and nonsensical parade!
Animation Winner: 1st NEAR NAZARETH FESTIVAL, Afula, Israel, May 2016
Best Editing Animation;1st NON STOP ART FESTIVAL/BA2016(International Film and Art Festival), Caba, Argentina, September 2016
Jury Special Mention by Theodore Ushev : 15th Countryside Animafest Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus, July 2016 [Comments on Awarding] For a refreshing and absurd view of the music and life of a genius
12th Edition, Shorts Mexico – Festival Internacional de Cortometrajes de México, Mexico, Mexico City, September 2017
13th World Festival of Animated Film in Varna, Varna, Bulgaria, September 2017
10th ANIMASYROS International Animation Festival + Agora of the island of Syros, the island of Syros, Greece, October 2017

Official selection

7th International Festival of Film Cinema for Fture Sciety A-FestFilmGjirokastra, Official competition for ages 10 years old, Gjirokastra, Albania, May 2016
Animation Attack! 5th Atlanta Animation Festival, Official selection, Atlanta, GA, USA, May 2016
31st ANNECY, Official selection : Short Films in competition, Annecy, France, June 2016
Special Festival Mention: 5th Bangalore Shorts Film Festival-16, Greater Noida, India, June 2016
1st Big River Film Festival - Savannah, Official Selection: Short Film Animation - International, Savannah, GA, USA, July 2016
6th International Festival Ojo al Piojo,Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina, July 2016
2nd Animaphix- International Film Festival of Animation, Bagheria, Sicilia, Italy, July 2016
18th FESTCURTASBH Belo Horizonte International Short Film Festival, Belo Horizonte, Brazil, August 2016
40th OPEN AIR FILMFEST WEITERSTADT, Weiterstadt, Germany, August 2016
1st WNY Film, Art, and Music Event (Fame) , Batavia, NY, USA, August 2016
9th Cyber Sousa Awards Xiamen International Animation Festival, Xiamen, China, August, 2016
3rd IndiEarth Animation Film Festival, India, August, 2016
4th ANIMAZE Montreal International Animation Film Festival, Montreal, Canada, August 2016
5th Cebu International Film Festival, Cebu, Philippines, August 2016
1st Turku Animated Film Festival - TAFF, Finland, Turku, August 2016
3rd Hawaii International Short Film Festival, Honolulu, HI, USA, August 2016
3rd PINK CITY INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM FESTIVAL, JAIPUR, RAJASTHAN, India, August 2016
27th Sao Paulo International Short Film Festival, Sao Paulo, Brazil, September 2016
7th Fayetteville Film Fest, Fayetteville, AR, USA, September 2016
16th Nevada City Film Festival, Nevada City, CA, USA, September 2016
36th Breckenridge Film Festival, Breckenridge, CO, USA, September 2016
10th Athens International Short Film Festival Psarokokalo, Athens, Greece, September 2016
9th Arizona Underground Film Festival, Tucson, AZ, USA, September 2016
4th Parma International Music Film Festival, Parma, Italy, September 2016
22nd Encounters Short Film & Animation Festival, Bristol, UK, September 2016
10th JAHORINA FILM FESTIVAL, Pale, Republic of Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina, September 2016
Ottawa International Animation Festival 2016, Ottawa, Canada, September 2016
12th Indie-AniFest 2016, Soul, Korea, September 2016
Aichi Triennale 2016, Aichi, Japan, August to September 2016
Cineseptiembre International Independent Film Festival, Mazatlan, Sinaloa, Mexico, September 2016
17th West Virginia FILMmakers Festival, Sutton, WV, USA, September–October 2016
24th Raindance Film Festival, London, UK, September–October 2016
9th International Animated Film Festival "TOFUZI” (the Central Festival), Batumi, Georgia / October 2016
1st Guimarães Cinema Som International Film Festival 2016, Lisbon, Portugal, October 2016
13th Sedicicorto International Film Festival Forlì 2016, Forli, Italy, October 2016
11th ANIM’EST INTERNATIONAL ANIMATED FILM FESTIVAL, Bucharest, Romania, October 2016
11th SAPPORO INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM FESTIVAL & MARKET 2016, Sapporo, Japan, October 2016
14th Tallgrass international filme Festival, Wichita, KS, USA, October 2016
18th Wiesbaden International Weekend of Animation, Germany, Wiesbaden, October 2016
24th International Animation Festival of Brazil – Anima Mundi 2016, Rio de Janeiro & São Paulo, Brazil, October to November 2016
8th ReAnimania International Animation Film Festival of Yerevan, Armenia, October-November 2016
16th KAOHSIUNG FILM FESTIVAL International Short Film Competition, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, October-November 2016
32nd Chicago International Children's Film Festival, Chicago, IL, USA, October-November 2016
6th KUANDU INTERNATIONAL ANIMATION FESTIVAL, Taipei, Taiwan, October-November 2016
3rd New Chitose Airport International Animation Festival, Chitose, Hokkaido, November 2016
25th St. Louis International Film Festival, St. Louis, MO, USA, November 2016
7th ITSA Film Festival, Sonora, CA, USA / November 2016
15th Rome Independent Film Festival, Italy, Rome, November 8 - November 2016
6th Guam International Film Festival, Barrigada, Guam, USA, November 2016
31st Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival (FLIFF) , Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA, November 2016
7th CutOut Fest International Animation and Digital Art Festival, Querétaro, Mexico,, November 2016
58th ZINEBI Festival International Festival of Documentary and Short Film of Bilbao
Bilbao, Spain, November 2016
2nd Animation Marathon, Athina, Greece, November 2016
14th INTERNATIONAL SHORT & INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL, DHAKA 2016, Dhaka, Bangladesh, December 2016
26th Les Nuits Magiques International Animated Film festival, Begles, France, December 2016
14th LONDON INTERNATIONAL ANIMATION FESTIVAL, London, UK, December 2016
7th SOUND & IMAGE CHALLENGE - International Festival 2016, China, Macao, December 2016
2nd Animation Chico, Chico, CA, USA, December 2016
5th Mumbai Shorts International Film Festival, Greater Noida, India, December 2016
MONSTRA 16th Lisbon Animated Film Festival, Lisbon, Portgal, March, 2017
Holland Animation Film Festival 2017, Utrecht, Holland, March, 2017
Trois Jours Trop Courts, Castres, France, March - April, 2017
6th Be there! Corfu Animation Festival, Greece, Corfu, March-April
Mecal 19th BARCELONA INTERNATIONAL SHORT AND ANIMATION FILM FESTIVAL, Barcelona, Spain, March-April
local editions of the Big Cartoon Festival, Novosibirsk, Russia, 2017 April-May
Anifilm International Festival of Animated Films, Třeboň, Czech Republic, May 2017
20th Japan Media Arts Festival: Animation Division: Jury Selections
Melbourne International Animation Festival, Australia, Melbourne, June , 2017
10th International Animation Festival Fest Anča, Zilina, Slovakia, June 2017
2nd Istanbul Comics & Art Festival, Istanbul, Turkey, September 2017
12th CAMERA JAPAN Festival, Holland, Rotterdam, September 2017
8th Taichung International Animation Festival, Taichung, Taiwan, October 2017
2nd Animation Marathon, Attika, Greece, 2016
8th Mumbai Shorts International Film Festival-19, Delhi, India, 2016
19th Woodstock Museum Film Festival, NY, US, August 2017
BEST SHORT FEST, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada, September 2016
2nd MINIKINO FILM WEEK 2016, Bali, Indonesia, October 2016

Screenings

Musée Jean Cocteau, Parade de Satie　Concert sur-réaliste sur un film d'animation
de Koji Yamamura Avec Annelise Clément, clarinette,　Delphine Millour, violon alto
Catherine Verhelst, piano
10th ANIMANIMA International Animation Festival:Closing film, Cacak, Serbia, September 2016
5th China Independent Animation Film Forum (CIAFF), Beijing, China, October 2016
10th Expotoons International Animation Festival, Buenos Aires, Argentina, October 2016
10th KLIK! Amsterdam Animation Festival, Amsterdam, Netherlands, October 2016
10th Big Cartoon Festival, Moscow, Russia, October-November 2016, program for the 10th Anniversary
International Animation Day, ASIFA-SOUTH, Atlanta, Florida and North Carolina USA, November 2016
40th CINANIMA 2016, Espinho, Portuga, November 2016
20th Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival, Toronto, Canada, November 2016
6th Bronx World Film Cycle 2016, Bronx, NY, USA, December 2016
13th Animateka 2016, Ljubljana, Slovenia, December 2016
14th BOGOTÁ SHORT FILM FESTIVAL- BOGOSHORTS, Bogota, Colombia, December 2016
Piccolo Festival of Animation, Pordenone, Italy, December 2016
50th Japanese film festival, Moscow, Russia, November 2016, January 2017
2nd the Jarvis Conservatory’s Classical Arts Film Festival, Napa, CA, USA, February 2017
1st Monden Film Festival, Nagano, Japan, February 2017
6th Atsugi Film Festival, Japan, Kanagawa, February 2017
2nd GLAS Animation Festival, Berkeley, CA, USA, March, 2017
20th Japan Media Arts Festival: Animation Division: Jury Selections
local editions of the Big Cartoon Festival, Novosibirsk, Russia, 2017 April-May
Anifilm International Festival of Animated Films, Třeboň, Czech Republic, May 2017
2nd AWAS! A Weekend of Animation Shorts, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, May 2017
29th Sukagawa International Short Film Festival, Fukushima, Japan, May 2017
st MusiCanZone FilmFest, Ancona, Italy, August 2017
Woodstock Museum 18th Annual Film Festival 2017, Woodstock, USA, August 2017
7th International Film Festival «On the Edge», Sakhalin, Russia, August 20172
nd Istanbul Comics & Art Festival, Istanbul, Turkey, September 2017
12th CAMERA JAPAN Festival, Holland, Rotterdam, September 2017
15th MUMIA – Underground World Animation Festival, Belo Horizonte, Brazil, September 2017
2nd Cortometraggi D’Animazione D’Autore, Labus, Benevento, Italy, March 2018
Annecy International Animation Festival, Jube 2018
Big Cartoon Festival, KARO cinema theatre in Moscow, May 2018
Cosmos Cinema in Moscow theatre, July 2018
Saint-Petersburg, July 2018
Faculty of Applied Arts, University of Arts, Belgrade, September 2016
Geidai Project 2016 "Satie and his period: from the end of 19 century to the Belle Epoque" Vol.4 Companionship proceedings of Satie, Sougaku-do, Ueno, Tokyo University of the Arts , November, 2016
Parade de Satie　Concert sur-réaliste sur un film d'animation

Review

Festival d'Annecy, jour 1 : périple asiatique | Revue 24 Images (Canada, Par NICOLAS THYS, 2016.06.13) >Site
Comment:
Koji's new film is a real masterpice - fresh, crazy, full of small and big surprises. Surprising is also big stylistic variety of Koji's artworks but even in small details you can always recognize the hand of great artist Koji Yamamura.
-Priit Pärn (Animation Director, Estonia, 2016.04.22)
Article:
Animationsfilm zu Erik Saties Ballettmusik „Parade“ Geschmackvoll gezeichnet (Animated film to Erik Satie's ballet “Parade” Tastefully drawnings)
(Germany, Almut Ochsmann、2016.05.17) SWR2 >Site
Interview :
Kinema-Junpo the beginning of September issue（20 August 2015, 1Page)
Anime creator 49 people you want to know "Koji Yamamura Short change surrounding the animation"
>amazon.co.jp
"Eureka January 2016 extra edition ◎ world of Erik Satie" (Seidosha, 2015.11.27)
[Visual] "Parade" de Satie(color 8 pages),
[Seeking for image] Innocent and innovative, regard the animation "Parade" / interview of Koji Yamamura by Junichi Konuma (11pages)
>Seidosha"Eureka ◎ world of Erik Satie"
>amazon.co.jp

Japanese	French	English
"With Strings Attached" Willem Breuker Kollektief (1991/2003 BVHAAST) >BVHAAST store >amazon.co.jp >amazon.fr >amazon.com >amazon.co.uk >amazon.de >amazone.it >amazon.es	LINE stickers Satie's "Parade": Young American

2014

Begone Bell Care
| Short animation | March 2014 | Canada, Japan | 3'40" | 2,600 x 784px, HD, DCP | 3.31:1 | Stereo | No dialogue |
| Making of | Stills |
French: Dialogue en couleurs
Spanish: Fantasía en sonidos de campana
Arabic: ألوان الجرس
Russian: Звонкая и красочная фантазия
Italian "Capriccio per Colori e Campane"
German "Hinfort läutende Sorgen!"
Production: Yamamura Animation
Painting: Sanae & Koji YAMAMURA
Music: “Christmas Cracker”
Musique Concrete and Original, composer: ARP. Maurice Blackburn
Organ Solo, composer: R. Fleming
Guitar Solo, composer: Eldon Rathburn
“Mail Early for Christmas”
Composer: Eldon Rathburn
Production: Yamamura Animation
Partners: Quartier des Spectacles & National Film Board of Canada

Created in 2014 within the framework of the Digital Spring, produced by the NFB and the Quartier des Spectacles Partnership and incorporating the following Normand McLaren film extract of "Begone Dull Care" in 1949.
"Begone Dull Care" has a credit “Painting by Norman McLaren and Evelyn Lambart”. Koji reproduce as same collaboration like McLaren and Evelyn Lambart to paint together with his wife, Sanae who is a co founder of Yamamura Animation, Inc. and an abstract painter, too. "Begone Dull Care" painted on 35 mm film directly. This film is drawin freely in long roll paper for the ticket vending machine and it is edit the music cutting like the McLaren and it is became a visual music by painted on paper.

McLAREN WALL-to-WALL

2013

2013

(C)Koji Yamamura / NHK Enterprises

The Hyuga Episode of Kojiki
| Short animation | 2013 | Japan | 12'07" | HD, DCP | 16:9 | Stereo | Japanese, English subtitles | Stills |
French title: Récit des temps anciens : épisodes de Hyûga
Narration: Akashi Isamu, Endo Fukiko
Script, Animation, Direction: Yamamura Koji
Music: Ueno Koji
Production: NHK Enterprises
English Translation: Dean Shimauchi

Japan's oldest chronicle, Kojiki or "Record of Ancient Matters" was compiled in 712. It begins with the creation myth and the emergence of gods. 4 episode where are located at Hyuga, "The Cleansing""Sun Goddess Amaterasu""Blooming Flowers" and "Umisachi and Yamasachi" were made into animation.

Official selection:
Ottawa International Animation Festival, 2013
International Short Film Competition in MONSTRA - Lisbon Animated Film Festival
17th Japan Media Arts Festival
World Festival of Animated Film - ANIMAFEST ZAGREB 2014

2011

Anthology with Cranes
(C) Yamamura Animation Anthology with Cranes
| Short animation | 2011 | Japan | 1'55" | HD, DCP| 16:9 | Stereo | No Dialogue | Stills |
Original painting (17th century): TAWARAYA Sotatsu
Direction, Animation and Painting Koji YAMAMUA
In between: YAMAMURA Koji, NAKATA Ayaka, TANAKA Miki
Assistant: YAMAMURA Sanae
Sound Design: KASAMATSU Koji
Mix: SAITO Kenji
Thanks to HASHIGUCHI Erika, Chiyoda Raft
Production: Yamamura Animation Spans 13 meters 53 cm long picture scroll painting by Sotatsu Tawaraya, "Tsuru shitae waka kan (Anthology with Cranes)" (17th Century) is a unique painting to evoke the moving image.
Yamamura try to decipher this "Anthology with Cranes" and the intent of Sotatsu Tawaraya, finished in experimental work and interpret it as animation.

Muybridge's Strings
| Short animation | 2011 | Canada, Japan | 12'39" | 35mm, HD, DCP| 16:9, Vista(1:1.85) | Dolby Digital 5.1ch, Stereo | No dialogue | Sketches | Drawings | Making of | Stills | Trailer | Makig of Video; Tokyo/Montrael |
Techniques: Drawing and painting on paper
Director, Script, Edit, Design, Animation: Yamamura Koji
Animation assistant: Yamamura Sanae
Original music: Normand Roger, Pierre Yves Drapeau, Denis Chartrand
Sound design: Normand Roger, Pierre Yves Drapeau, Denis Chartrand
Musician: Denis Chartrand, Pierre-Yves Martel, Terri Hron
Arrangements: Normand Roger
Foley: Lise Wedlock
Technical co-ordinator: Julie Laperrière
On-line: Denis Pilon
Re-recording: Shelley Craig
Recording: Luc Léger, Geoffrey Mitchell
Marketing manager: Christine Noél
Administration: Gisèle Guilbault, Rosalina Di Sario
Executive producers: David Verrall, Saito Kenji, Shiota John Shuzo
Producer: Michael Fukushima, Keisuke Tsuchihashi, Shuzo John Shiota
Production: National Film Board of Canada, NHK and Polygon Pictures

Can time be made to stand still? Can it be reversed? Koji Yamamura's Muybridge's Strings is a meditation on this theme, contrasting the worlds of the photographer Eadweard Muybridge -- who in 1878 successfully photographed consecu- tive phases in the movement of a galloping horse -- and a mother who, watching her daughter grow up, realizes she is slipping away from her. Moving between California and Tokyo, between the nineteenth century and the twenty-first, the film focuses on some of the high points in Muybridge's troubled life and intercuts them with the mother's surrealistic daydreams -- a poetic clash that explores the irrepressible human desire to seize life's fleeting moments, to freeze the instants of happiness. Enriched by Koji Yamamura's refined artistry and Normand Roger's soundtrack, Muybridge's Strings observes the ties that cease to bind, fixes its gaze on the course of life, and presents a moment in time suspended on the crystalline notes of a canon by J.S. Bach.

Awards:
Firebird Awardn36th Hong Kong International Film Festival (China, 21 March to 5 April 2012)
The Great (Under)estimated Award: 18th International Film Festival "Etiuda & Anima" (Poland, November 18 - 24)
SILVER MIKELDI FOR ANIMATION: 53rd International Festival of Documentary and Short Film of Bilbao (Spain, November 11 - 18)
Excellence Prize (Animation Division): 15th Japan Media Arts Festival (Japan, February 22 - March 4 2012)
Special Prize: 14th Hiroshima International Animation Festival (Japan, August 23 - 26 2012)
NFB Best Canadian Film or Video Award: 15th Toronto Reel Asian International film festival (Toronto, November 8 - 13 / Richmond Hill, November 18 - 19)
Special Prize of the Jury (Grande Prémio do Júri): 35th CINANIMA Internantional Animated Film Festival (Espinho, Portugal, November, 2011
Prize RTP2: Onda Curta: 35th CINANIMA Internantional Animated Film Festival, Espinho, Portugal, November, 2011
Jury’s Special Mentioning II: 14th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival: Animated Dreams, Estonia, November
Honorary Mention: 54th Leipzig Festival for Documentary and Animated Film, Germany, October, 2011)

Official selection

35th Montreal World Film Festival (Canada, August 18 - 28 2011) Short Films in competition
Ottawa international Animation Festival (Canada, September 21 - 25 2011) in competition
anima 2012 (Belgium, February 17 -26 2012) International Competition - Short films
32th Genie Awards (Canada, March 08 2012) Nominee: Best Animated Short
11th International festival of animated films AniFest 2012 (Teplice&Duchcov, Czech Republic, 26 April – 1 May 2012) 5-15 min Short Film competition
65th Yorkton Film Festival (Canada, May 24 to 27 2012) Golden Sheaf Awards Nomiatee
Melbourne International Animation Festival(Australia, June 17 - 24 2012) International Competition
Animator 2012 5th International Animation Festival (Poznan, Poland, July 13 to 19 2012) Competition
7th Sapporo International Short Film Festival (Sapporo, Japan September 12 -17 2012) International Competition
Encounters Short Film and Animation Festival (UK, Bristol, September 18 - 23 2012) In Competition
14. Internationales Trickfilm-Wochenende Wiesbaden(Germany, October 18 - 21 2012) International Competition "Best of International Animation
Animpact Max 2012 (Korea, November .28 -December ) Ani InpactOfficial screening:
Cannes Film Market, Not Short on Talent (France May 2011, World Premier)
38th Telluride Film festival(Colorado, USA, September 2 - 5 2011) Filmmakers of Tomorrow : Calling Cards
Vancouver International Film Festival (Canada, September 25 - October 14 2011) Canadian Images: Fire
55th London Film Festival (UK, October 12-27, 2011) Short Cuts & Animation » International Animation Panorama Programme 2
24th Tokyo International Film Festival (Japan, October 28, 2011) No Animation, No Future
San Francisco International Animation Festival (USA, November 11 - 14 2011) Top Drawers
Giant Incandescent Resonating Animation Festival (Canada, November 2 -6 2011)
25th International Francophone Film Festival in Acadie (Canada, November 17 - 26 2011) SÉANCE 15 SÉANCE ANIMATION
ANILOGUE International Animation Festival (Budapest - Vienna, Novmber 23 - December 1 2011) World Panorama
8th International Animated Film Festival (Slovenia, December 12 -18 2011) Pierre Yves Drapeau: Film Sound & Music
Taketoyo Animation Film Festival (Japan, December 18 2011) ANIMATION NOW
27th Santa Barbara International Film Festival (USA, January 26 to February 5 2012) Animation Shorts 2
8th Japan Film Festival (Korea, Soeul Juanuary 26~30 2012, Busan February 2 ~ 6 2012) Koji Yamamura and Young animations
Victoria Film Festival (Canada, February 3 to 12 2012,) SHORTS PROGRAM: ANIMATIONS ALIVE! (Odeon Theatre 12:15pm Feb 11)
FUTURE MEDIA FESTIVAL 2012 (Taiwan, January 01 to 19 February 2012) Canadian Digital Animation Works
Nipponconection Film Festival 2012 (Germany, May 2 -6 2012) Spaces in Between: Indie Animated Shorts from Japan
19th Internationales Trickfilm-Festival Stuttgart (Germany, May 08 -13 2012) Panorama
Animafest Zagreb 2012 (Croatia, May 29 - June 3 2012) Grand Panorama
Jerusalem International Film Festival (Israel, July 5 - 14 2012) Animation for All
Anima Mundi (Brazil, Rio de Janeiro 13 - 22 July 2012, Sao Paulo 25 -29 July 2012,) PANORAMA - NON COMPETITIVE
16th Seuol International Cartoon & Animation Festival (Korea, July 18 - 22 2012) Non-Competition SICAF Choice
Sakhalin Film Festival (Uzjno-Sakhalinsk, Sakhalin Island, Russia, 24-29 of August 2012) animation program
8th World Festival of Animated Film in Varna (Bulgaria, September 10-15) Retrospective program
SHORTPIECE! Sendai Short Film Festival 2012 (Shendai, Japan, September 15 -17) Animations related Japan with Canada
London International Animation Festival (UK, October 26 - November 04 2012) Retrospective program
Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival (Tiwan, November 8 - 22 2012,) Film Cult(URE):Animation Collection Gone Crazy
Japan Media Arts Festival Kobe (Kobe, November 17 - 25 2012)
Japan Media Arts Festival@HYPER JAPAN 2012 Christmas (UK, November 23- 25 2012)
Japan Media Arts Festival@Animahenasyon (Philippines, November 26 - 29 2012)
Japan Media Arts Festival@Toulouse Game Show (France, December 1-2 2012)
Japan Media Arts Festival@J-FEST (Moscow, December 1-2 2012)
35th International Short Film Festival Clermont-Ferrand (France, February 1-9 2013) Particules imaginairess Screenings:
Tokyo Metoropolitan Museumof Photography (Japan, September 17 -October 7 2011, Asia Premier)
Palo Alto International Film Festival (USA, Palo Alto Children's Theater, September 30 2011, 12:30pm)
Geidai Arts in Tokyo Marunouchi (Japan, October 29 2011, 18:30pm) Animation and Music on Stage, presented by Tokyo University of the Arts
Shibuya UPLINK (Japan, Nomenber 19- Decmber 2 2011)
Nagoya cinéma thèque (Japan, January 2 - 13 2012, Official Site)
ASIFA-SF Presents Independent Animators (USA, Exploratorium’s McBean Theatre, January 13 2012)
Forza Sogawa (Japan, Toyama, January 14~20 2012)
cinma thque Takasaki (Japan, Gunma, February 4 to 10 2012)
Cine-mondo (Japan, Kanazawa, February 11 to 24 2012)
Theater Kino (Japan, Sapporo, February 18 to 24 2012)
Umeda Garden Cinema (Japan, Osaka, February 25 - March 09 2012)
Nihon no uta Film Festival Koji Yammaura special (Japan, Tokyo, Shinjuku, K's cinema, March 12 201, Official Site, Nihon no uta Caravan)
Kobe Art Villege Center (Japan, Hyogo, March 03 - 16 2012)
Kyoto Minami-Kaikan (Japan, Kyoto, March 24 - April 06 2012)
Theater Ciema (Japan, Saga, April 14 - 20 2012)
Jack & Betty (Japan, Yokohama, June 16 2012)
Association for Studies of Culture and Representation, University of Tokyo(Japan, Tokyo, July 07 2012)
SKIP CITY Sai-No-Kuni Visual Plaza (Saitama, 2012.06.2 - 07.22) Muybridge's Strings: Yamamura Animation & NF
Hatchoza (Hiroshima, August 25 -31, 2012)
Fukuoka independence film festival2012 (Fukuoka Asia art museum, Septmeber 8 2012)

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2007

A Child's Metaphysics
| Short animation | 2007 | Japan | 5'08" | 35mm, HD, DCP | Vista(1:1.85) / 16:9 | Dolby Digital 5.1ch, Stereo | No dialogue |
| Story boards | Stills |
Directed by Yamamura Koji
Script, Edit, Character Design, Animation & Background Drawing: Yamamura Koji
Music: Sergei Prokofiev
Music Arrangement: Shimizu Hitomi(SYZYGYS)
Sound Design: Kasamatsu Koji
Producer: Yamamura Koji
Japan Arts Fund
Production: Yamamura Animation

A child whose head is numerals, a child who winds his own face and has it under his arm. What was left is his identity, a child whose eyes are provided by fishes, a child who cannot say anything because of a zipper across his mouth.Ecology and philosophy of children with sadness and humor.

Awards:
Prémio ONDA CURTA: MONSTRA Lisbon Animated Film Festival
Excellence Prize (Animation Division): Japan Media Arts Festival
Special Jury Prize: Hida International Animation Festival of Folktales and Fables

Official Selection:
AniFest in Třeboň
SICAF 2008
Zagreb ANIFEST 2008
Annecy 2008
20th Tokyo International Film Festival
Anilogue '07
Animateka '07
31st Göteborg International Film Festival
Animac 2008
19th Ankara International Film Festival

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Franz Kafka's A Country Doctor
| Short animation | 2007 | Japan | 21'00" | HD cam, 35mm, HD, DCP | 16:9, Vista(1:1.85) | Dolby Digital 5.1ch, Stereo | Japanese, English subtitles |
| Stills | Trailer | Makig video |
ORIGINAL STORY Franz Kafka “Ein Landarzt”
SCRIPT, STORY BOARD, CAMERA & EDITOR Koji Yamamura
MUSIC Hitomi Shimizu(SYZYGYS) / SOUND DESIGN Koji Kasamatsu
DIRECTED BY Koji Yamamura
Voices
DOCTOR Sensaku Shigeyam
DOCTOR'S VOICE 1 Shigeru Shigeyama/DOCTOR'S VOICE 2 Doji Shigeyama
PACKHORSE DRIVER Shime Shigeyama/ROSA Hitomi Kanehara/BOY Ippei Shigeyama
CO PRODUCTION Yamamura Animation, Inc.
PRODUCTION, SALES & DISTRIBUTION Shochiku Co., Ltd.

The Lying thick snow at a cold night, the humble doctor got a news of emergency arrives. It all starts. mercy of strange village people and paranoia family obsessed a doctor thrown under the wintry sky. Theater of the absurd that was in the original short stories of literary Kafka of the Czech Republic.

Awards:
Grand Prize: Ottawa International Animation Festival
Grand Prize: 13th Hiroshima International Animation Festival
Grand Prize: MONSTORA Lisbon Animated Film Festival
Grand Prize: Internationales TrickFilm Festival STUTTGART
Grand Prize: I Castelli Animati
Golden Jabberwocky: International Film Festival Etiuda&Anima, Poland
Best Short Film: ANIMADRID, Spain
Prize for Best Short Film: AniFest, Czech
Best Film in Category III: KROK International Animation Festival
Silver Dove: International Leipzig Festival for Documentary and Animated Film
Excellence Prize: Japan Media Arts Festival
Silver Peg Bar: animanima Inaternational Animation Festival in Serbvia
Ofuji Noburo Award: Mainichi Film Concour
Bunka films 7th rank 81th Kinema-Junpo Best Ten

Official selection

Canne International Film Festival. Market screening
Annecy 2007
Japanese Cartoon Koji Yamamura screening in Moscow
Karlovy Vary International Film Festival
Cinema C - Thermal
Rhode Island International Film Festival, August
Melbourne International Film Festival, August
Fantoche 2007, September
Ottawa International Animation Festiva, September
KROK International Animation Festival, October
ANIMADRID, October
45th New York Film Festival, October
THE FESTIVAL: JAPANESE OCTOBER in Ravenna
Turin Official , October
SITGES INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL OF CATALONIA, October
MONTREAL INT'L FESTIVAL OF NEW CINEMA, October
Wiesbaden International Weekend of Animation, October
20th Tokyo International Film Festival, October
2007 Curta Cinema RIO DE JANEIRO INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM FESTIVAL, November
International Leipzig Festival for Documentary and Animated Film, November
FREDRIKSTAD ANIMATION FESTIVAL, November
Waterloo Festival for Animated Cinema, November
International Film Festival "Etiuda & Anima 2007" , November
LES SOMMETS DU CINEMA D’ANIMATION, November
Animation Nation, November
9th Animated Dreams, November
I Castelli Animati, December
Anilogue, December
Animateka, December
31th Göteborg International Film Festival, February, 2008
Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival, February, 2008
Anima 2008, February, 2008
Animac 2008 Retorospective Program, March, 2008
19th Ankara International Film festival, March, 2008
15. Internationales TrickFilm Festival STUTTGART '08, May
AniFest, May
MONSTRA 2008 Lisbon Animated Film Festival, May
20th Sukagawa International Short Film festival, May
Anima Mundi 2008 Curta Metragem, Sao Paulo, Rio de Janairo
HIROSHIMA 08 12th International Animation Festival, Japan, August
animanima Inaternational Animation Festiva, Servia, September
10th Annual Animation Show of Shows, Dreamworks Animation, Savannah College of Art and Design, Rochester Institute of Technology, Mass Art, Shool of the Museum of Fine Arts, Harvard University, Rhode Island Scool of Design, Brown University, Blue Sky, ASIFA NY, NYU, SVA, Pratt, Parsons, Electronic Arts, Emily Carr Institute of Design, ASIFA Seattle, ASIFA PortlandBay Area, PDI, Deramworks, Electronic Arts, Industrial Light and Magic, ASIFA SF, Pixar, Big Rock, Skywalker Ranch Imagemovers Digital, Electronic Arts, Tippett Studios
Southern California, ASIFA Hollywood, Sony Animation Disney Animation
27th Uppsala International Short Film Festiva, October
Holland Animation Film Festival, November

Review, article
Yurameki, Furueru sekai [Nobuaki Doi Animations creators & critics ASIFA Magazine 2007]
"Komik des passiven Körpers: Kôji Yamamura Animationsfilm Kafka - Ein Landarzt (2007)" [Kentaro Kawashima, Körperinszenierungen im japanischen Film 2016]Metamorphosis as Origin–Koji Yamamura’s Short Animation Franz Kafka’s A Country Doctor [Kentaro Kawashima　2019] Official Site (OnlyJapanese)

Film prints Archive:
Hiroshima City Cinematographic and Audio-Visual Library

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2006

Fig
| Short animation | 2006 | Japan | 4'54" | HD, DCP | 16:9, Vista (1:1.66) | Stereo | No dialogue|
| Stills |
PRODUCTION: Imageforum, Yamamura Animation
Director: Yamamura Koji
Script, Edit, Character Design, Animation & Background Drawing: Yamamura Koji
Animator: Chie Arai
Music: Yamamoto Seiichi
Sound Effects: Kasamatsu Koji

“Fig” is a part of the omnibus movie “Tokyo loop”, created by 16 artists’ short films based on the theme Tokyo. “Fig” is a part by Koji Yamamura. The Tokyo Tower and the window transform themselves into the characters, and roam in the night of Tokyo.

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2005

The Old Crocodile
| Short animation | 2005 | Japan | 13'00" | HD, 35mm, DCP | 16:9, Vista (1:1.85) | Dolby Digital | Japanese, English, French subtitles, English subtitles |
| Story Boards | Objects | Making of | Stills | Trailer | Making of The Old Crocodile |
Original story and Illustrations by Leopold Chauveau
Based on
‘Histoire du Vieux Crocodile’
(Fukuinkan Shoten Publishers,
Text & illustrations by Léopold Chauveau in 1923
Japanese text: Deguchi Yukoh1, 1986)
Narrated by Peter Barakan
Direction, Editing, Animation, Producer: Yamamura Koji
Sound Design: Kasamatsu Koji
Music: "BALANDA AND DOROT DANCES"
Recorded in SUDAN by David Fansjawe
CHAPPELL RML WORLD RECORDINGS "AFRICAN TRILOGY 2"
NICHION SOUNDS LIBRARY
Production: Yamamura Animation

A very old crocodile, so old that he had witnessed the building of the pyramids, was suffering from rheumatism, and no longer able to catch his food. In desperation, he decided to eat his great grand son. Although his thousands of years of longevity entitled him to much respect, the family decided he would have to be put down. Unable to bear the disrespect of his family, the old crocodile said goodbye to the Nile. One day the old crocodile met an octopus. The octopus treated her new friend to a variety of fish that she caught just for him. When the night fell, he couldn’t restrain himself from eating one of the octopus’s legs. Since then, the old crocodile began to help himself to the octopus’ leg every night…

Awards:
Grand Prize: Hida International Animation Festival of Folktales and Fables
Special Jury Prize: The Best International
Animation Film: 3rd annual International Animated Film Festival in Vilnius -Tindirindis
Special Prize: 12th Hiroshima International Animation Festival
Excellence Prize: Japan Media Arts Festival
The Best Film in Category B: CINANIMA2005
Award for best screenplay: Wissembourg Animated Film Festival (RICA)

Official selection

Annecy 2005
Tabor Film festival
Anima Mundi 2005
54th Melbourne International Film Festival
London International Animation Film Festival
Ars Electronica Festival
Fantoche
KROK 2005
Ottawa International Animation festival
Rever festival
48th International Leipzig Festival for Documentary and Animated Film
CineEco 2005
L'ALTERNATIVA 2005. 12th BARCELONA INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL
FESTIVAL INTERNACIONAL DE FILMETS DE BADALONA
ETIUDA&ANIMA 2005
FIKE 2005 - Évora International Short Film Festival
Animated Dreams
World premiere: "World of Yamamura Animation"(Japan Society)NewYork
16th Filmfest Dresden
Anime Explosion! (The Kennedy Center)
Anifest 2005
2005 Taiwan International Animation Festival
Toronto Japanese Short Film Festival 2005

Reviews:
"The acting and camerawork are up to Yamamura's usual fluid standard, and, at 13 minutes, it's much too short."
by Taylor Jessen, Animation World Network(April 2005 USA) >Read all reviews(AWN) >QuickTime Clip (AWN)
“If you want or need an antidote to the often predictable formulas of Hollywood studios’ animated fare, look no further than Koji Yamamura’s pencil-drawn film The Old Crocodile.”
by Chris Grove, ANIMATION MAGAZINE(July 2005 USA)

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2003

Kefu ha Imoto no Mayoi Kaniniyuki Ayahito he Woiyu ni Shiga no Hana Koshite: Tokoku
| part of feature animation | 2003 | Japan | 0'40" | 35mm, HD, DCP | Standard | Dolby Degital 5.1ch | Stereo | No diarogue |
Direction and animation: Koji Yamamura
Planning, Chief Director: Kawamoto Kihachiro
Production: IMAGICA Entertainment, Dentsu Tec

Kawamoto Kihachiro is the director and director, and is a "renku animation" by 35 animation artists based on the theme of "Winter Day", a part of Basho's Basho Seven-part Collection. Following the production process, a feature-length documentary, "Poets on a Winter's Day," was created and shown along with how each animation artist interpreted the phrases in charge.

Awards (Renku animation “Winter Day”):
77th Kinema Junpo Best Ten Cultural Film
18th Digital Content Grand Prix Genre Award, Art Award
2003 Japan Media Arts Festival Animation Division Grand Prize
58th Mainichi Film Contest Nobuo Ohto Prize

Official selection (Renku animation “Winter Day”):
ANIMA2004
festival LES TOILES FILANTES
Hong Kong Film Festival
2nd Taiwan Intenational Animation Festival 2004
ZAGREB2004
Singapore Animation Nation Film Festival
27th Asian American International Film Festival
Chiavari International Animation Film Festival
PUSAN International Film Festival
3rd International Film Festival for Childrens and Youth
Fukuoka City General Library Video Hall Cinera
The 19th Takasaki Film Festival Pre-Film Festival
Hida International Fairy Tale Animation Film Festival 2004
Mitaka Forest Anime Festa 2004
16th Sugakawa International Short Film Festival
Yufuin Cultural Record Film Festival

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2002

Mt. Head
| Short animation | 2002 | Japan | 10'00" | 35mm, HD, DCP | Standard | Dolby Degital 5.1ch, Stereo | Japanese, subtitles: English, French, Chinese, Portuguese |
| Sketches| Story boards | Drawings | Making of | Stills | Trailer |
Direction, Animation, Design & Edit: Yamamura Koji
Narration & Shamisen: Kunimot Takeharuo
Original Story An old comic story (rakugo) "Atama-yama"
Script: Yonemura Shoji
Music: Kunimoto Takeharu, Syzygys, Shimizu Hitomi
Sound Design: Kasamatsu Koji
Production: Yamamura Animation

After a stingy man eats some cherry seeds, a cherry tree grows on his head and he gets into a lot of trouble. This animated film is a modern interpretation of the traditional Japanese Rakugo story "Atama-yama" set in contemporary Tokyo.

Best Historic Selections:
9th rank: 50 Best Animated Films for 50 Years of ASIFA (2010 >List)
70th rank:100 FILMS FOR A CENTURY OF ANIMATION (2007>List)
8th rank at Animation category that specialists selected:100 selections in Japanese Media Art (Agency for Cultural Affairs, 2006)
10th rank at Bunka Films : 77th Kinema-Junpo Best Ten(2004)
90th rank : World and Japanese Animation Best 150 (Fusion Product, 2003)

Awards:
75th Academy Awards 2003 Oscar® Nomination Short Film (Animated):
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
Grand Prix (The Annecy Cristal): ANNECY 2003
Grand Prix: 16th World Festival of Animated Film in Zagreb
Grand Prix: 10th Hiroshima International Animation Festival
Grand Prix(BEST ANIMATED FILM International Competition)
MEDIAWAVE2003
Grand Prix(1.Prize International Competition Animated Film): 15th Filmfest Dresden
The "RICA" Grand Prix for best animated short film: Rencontres Internationales du Cinéma d'Animation de Wissembourg
Best Film Animation: FESTIVAL INTERNACIONAL DE FILMETS DE BADALONA
Best Short Animated Film
The 2nd Annual International festival of animated films AniFest 2003 Trebon
Auszeichnung Computeranimation /Visual Effects
Ars Electronica Festival
Silver Dove: 46th International Leipzig Festival for Documentary and Animated Film
Silver Jaberrwocky: ETIUDA&ANIMA 2005
2nd PRIZE: Festival Internazionale Cinema d'Animazione e Fumetto 2004
Special Jury Award: CHIAVARI INTERNATIONAL ANIMATED FILM FESTIVAL
Special Jury Prize: 8th I CASTELLI ANIMATI
Special Jury Prix: the International Animated Film Festival in Vilnius
Excellence Prize: 2002 (6th) Agency for Cultural Affairs Media Arts Festival
Excellence Prize: Interfilm 19 short film festival Belrin
Guilty Pleasures from each member of the jury (from Konstantin Bronzit): Holland Animation Film Festival
BestAnimation selected by the Jury: Kinofilm 8th Manchester International Short Film festival
Prix du Public for the best short film: 9th CINEMA TOUT ECRAN Festival
Best Soundtrack Creation award: CLERMONT-FERRAND SHORT FILM FESTIVAL
Special Mention: 19th International Short FilmFestival Berlin
Special Mention: 12th Internationales Trickfilm-Festival Stuttgart

Official selection

Ottawa '02
cortoimolafestival International Short Film Festival
CINANIMA '02
Black Nights Film Festival
32th International Film Festival Rotterdam
Anima 2003
Animac 2003
Tampere Film Festival
2003 Environmental Film Festival in the Nation's Capita
Fredrikstad Animation Festival
Tough-Eye International Tirku Animated Film Festival
2003 Melbourne International Animation Film Festival
Expresionen Corto /Anima Mundi
International Film Festival Kelibia
2003 Melbourne International Film Festival
Brisbane Film Festival
SICAF 2003
Edinburgh International Film Festival
VI BARCELONA SHORT FILM FESTIVAL - MECAL
Fantoche
Ars Electronica Festival
2nd international best of short film festivals
tKROK International Animated Film Festival
Le Triage’s International Animated Film Day/NEW INDEPENDENT ANIMATION FROM JAPAN in ICA
22nd Uppsala International Short Film Festival
14th San Sebastian Horror and Fantacy Film Festival
BAF 03
LÅfAlternativa, X Independent Film Festival of Barcelona
Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival
Best animated films of the year
Animadrid
Nippon Koma Festival
45th International Festival of Documentary and Short Film Festival of BILBAO
13th Flickerfest International Short Film Festival

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1999

Your Choice !
| Short animation | 1999 | Japan | 10'00" | 35mm | Standard | Dolby 5.1ch, Dolby SR, Stereo | Japanese, English dialogue |
| Sketches | Drawings | Making of | Stills | "Your Choice !" Workshop |
Production: Yamamura Animation
Supported by DENTSU
Producer: Sawa Shigeki
Director: Yamamura Koji, the 'Junior Directors'
Script, Animation: Yamamura Koji
Music: Takashi Sodo
Sound Design: Kitazato Reiji, Kasamatsu Koji

Raoul, an alligator, has a bad tooth, and also need a hair cut. Is he going to a barber, or a dentist, or neither of them? Madillo, an armadillo, wonders if he should bring an umbrella, or not. So, what is your choice?
In the story of this animated film, a series of events which need judgements, spontaneity and decisiveness of the "Junior Directors" continue to occur. The film was completed with the ideas from those "Junior Directors" through having several workshops with them.

Awards:
1st PRIZE from the Adult July in Animated Shorts: 1999 Chicago Internationale Children's Film Festival
JURY'S SPECIAL PRIZE: 4th Seoul International Family Film Festival

Official selection:
14th International Festival of Film and Video for Children and Young Adults of Iran
7th ALTER-NATIVE International Short Film Festival
Annecy 2000
Asian Panorama Section: 11th GOLDN ELEPHANT International Children's Film Festival

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1995

Kid's Castle
| Short animation | 1995 | Japan | 5'00" | 35mm, HD | Standard | Dolby Degital 5.1ch, Dolby SR | No dialogue |
| Sketches | Story boards | Drawings | Stills |
Production: KODOMO NO SHIRO, Yamamura Animation
Producers: Hiruma Yukio, Yamamura Koji
Director, Script, Animation: Yamamura Koji
Camera: Akiyoshi Nobuyuki, AKIYOSHI STUDIO
Music: Sudo Takashi
Sound Design: Tsurumaki Yutaka, SOUND DESIGN YURUTA
Sound Effects: TOYO ONKYO

Take a journey into the imaginative world of Kid's Caste where a young boy's dreams make playing with toys a reality. As his room takes on exciting changes, you, too,will delight at the many different whimsical sounds and voices.

Official Selection:
Has invited from96 Seoul International Cartoon and Animation Festival, The Festival of Light Filmfest, ANIMAC Mostra International de Cinema D'Animacio LLEIDA and 22th Hong Kong International Film Festival
Won Certificate of ParticipationAwards from Cinemagic 96- International Animated Film Festival of Lleida, Toronto Worldwide Short FILM Fesival and CIANIMA'97

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Kipling Jr.
| Short animation | 1995 | Japan | 15'00" | 35mm, HD | Standard | Japanese Dialogue, English subtitles |
| Story boards | Design | Objects | Cels | Stills |
Production: KODOMO NO SHIRO, Yamamura Animation
Producers: Hiruma Yukio, Yamamura Koji
Director, Script, Animation: Yamamura Koji
Camera: Akiyoshi Nobuyuki, AKIYOSHI STUDIO
Music: Syzygys
Sound Design: Tsurumaki Yutaka, SOUND DESIGN YURUTA
Sound Effects: TOYO ONKYO
Voices: Anna Kipling: Shimizu Hitomi, Yohann Kipling: Yamamura Koji, Kip Kipling: Noguchi Ryoko, Rog, Poe: Odaka Kiriko A fantastic animation adventure about Kipling Jr., his father, mother, and a musical band led by Rog. Advanced animation techniques, yet to be seen on the screen, help to create incredible movements by animated dolls.

Award:
Awarded Honorable Mention Short Animation Film by Festival's Adult July Chicago International Children's Film Festival

Official Selection:
96 Seoul International Cartoon and Animation Festival
FANTOCHE International Animation Film Festival Baden
The Festival of Light Filmfest and ANIMAC Mostra International de Cinema D'Animacio LLEIDA
Won Certificate of ParticipationAwards from Ottawa international animation festival
INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF VISUAL ARTS. HUNGARY
22nd Hong Kong International Film Festival
Cinemagic 96- International Animated Film Festival of Lleida
6th MEDITERRANEAN FESTIVAL of NEW FILMAKERS-LARISSA

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1993

Short and Happy Life of a Goldfish
| Short movie with animation | 1993 | Japan | 18'20" | 35mm, D2 | Standard | Stereo | Japanes, English |
| Stills |
Directo, Script: Inudo Isshin
Video shooting: Takahashi Kiyoshi
Animation shooting: Narusawa Takao
Music: Funakoshi Midori
Recording Engineer: Yamaguchi Yu
SE: Sato Toshiyuki
On Line Edit: Mizuno Yo
MA: Akamatsu Shigeo
Steel: Takahashi Kiyoshi, Hiruma Yukio
Animation: Yamamura Koji

Japanese Narration: Komatsu Masao Japanese narration: Masao Komatsu Goldfish born in Tenjinnuma, a famous goldfish production area, were auctioned off and sold to Yokota Gumi. The goldfish scooped by elementary school student Mitsui at the night store scooping goldfish will be kept at his house. For a while, the goldfish attracted attention as a pet of the Mitsui brothers and sisters, but on that Christmas, the green turtle took its place and was sent to his sister, Kana's friend, Sacchan's house. Sachi-chan is a kind child and loved to name the goldfish Hiroshi, but one day in August, a forgotten goldfish left in the garden for cleaning was exposed to too much direct sunlight, Close the whole life without missing. 1 year old and 2 months. She cried and buried the goldfish in her grave, but a week later she forgot.

Award:
Grand Prize : Kirin Contemporary Award '93

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1991

The Elevator
| Short animation | 1991 | Japan | 8'24" | VTR | 4:3 | Stereo | No dialogue | Story boards | Drawings | Stills |
Direction, Animation: Yamamura Koji
Music, Sound: Kurosawa Jun
Camera: Seiei-sya
Produce: Nichiei Production

One morning, a boy dashes out the door of his apartment carrying a school bag on his back. He jumps into the building elevator as on any other day; but today, it won't stop and just keeps on going down.When it finally stops with a jolt and the door opens, the boy finds himself in a world deep under the ground. There his adventure begins.

Award:
1st Prize of Category C: The 4th International Animation Festival in Japan Hiroshima '92

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1990

Perspektivenbox Researcher's Research
| Short animation | 1990 | Japan | 4'00" | 35mm, HD, 4K | Standard | No dialogue |
| Story boards | Cels | Stills |
Direction, Animation, Script: Yamamura Koji
Camera: Akiyoshi Nobuyoshi
Music: Ueno Koji

Buildings, black crows, a flood of bar codes, clone-looking businessmen, shopping-addicted ladies...these images which probably symbolizes excessive, standardized and overcrowded modern cities are condensed in this animation. Various techniques, like modified photo, drawing animation, 3D object and permeating lighting are combined onto a multi-planed (line drawing) stand, with a challenge to express a unique sense of unity and compression.

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1989

Japanese-English Pictionary
| Short animation | 1989 | Japan | 12'00" | 16mm, HD, 4K | Standard | Mono | No dialogue, subtitles: Japanese and English |
| Story boards | Drawings | Objects | Stills |
Direction, Animation and Script: Yamamura Koji
Music: Kurosawa Jun

Both in English and Japanese, words develop in parallel from "A" to "Z"(from "A" to "Nn" in Japanese syllabary) taking the last syllable of the previous word. Ant-Take off-F..., Ari-Ririku-Ku... Along with the developments of those words, images metamorphoses using various animation technique so to be a pictorial encyclopedia of animation technique.

あり　りりく　くだもの　のど　どう　うちのめす　すうじ　じくずれ　れんしゅう　うか　かじょう　うみ　みずくさ　さんかく　くう　うみがめ　め　めだま　まるた　たいほう　うなずく　くんしょう　うろこ　こうてい　いんたい　いと　と　とりなおし　しんか　かくせんそう　うき　きあい　いのち　ちきゅう　うま　まぶた　たいこ　こうぶつ　つな　なす　すりらあ　あか　かも　もぞうひん
Ant takeoff fruit throat trunk knockdown numeral landslide exercise emergence excess aquaticplant triangle eat turtle eye eyeball log gun nod decorations scale emperor retirement thread door retake evolution nuclear rainy yell life earth horse eyelid drum mineral line eggplant thriller red drake ersatZ

Award:
Special Jury Prize Award: Image Forum Festival '90, Tokyo

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1988

1987

Heavenly Bodies's Score
| Short animation | 1987 | Japan | 5'00" | 8mm, 16mm, HD | Standard | Mono | No dialogue |
| Stills |
Direction, animation: Yamamura Koji
Music (1987 8mm version): M'saddar, Sana'a (1977)
"Musique Arabo-Andalouse" Atrium Musicae de Madrid (Dir. Gregorio Paniagua)
Music (1987年 16mm version):M'saddar, Sana'a(1977)
"Musique Arabo-Andalouse" Atrium Musicae de Madrid (Dir. Gregorio Paniagua), Performance: Kurosawa Jun
Music (2020 HD-version）: Kurosawa Jun

Using the constellation as a motif, the heavens and the earth, metamorphose all the creatures.

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Aquatic
| Short animation | 1987 | Japan | 5'00" | 16mm, HD | Standard, 16:9 | Mono | No dialogue |
| Sketches | Story boards | Making of | Stills |
HD in 1992 is Produced by TBS
Producer: Kohei Ando
HD for archive is produced by Yamamura Animation
Direction, Animation: Yamamura Koji
Music: Kurosawa Jun

The stream of a mil, an apple flows down through the stream, where innumerable illusion of fish appears and disappears in the sky reflected in the water.

Award:
Prize by the president of the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunication: Hi-vision Award '92

Official Selection:
Hiroshima '87 2nd International Animation Festival,
Les International Festival National du Court Metraged Clermont-Ferrand, France
Shanghai International Animation Film Festival 1988, China
The 14th Hong Kong International Film Festival in '90
Internationaler Experimentalfilm Workshop Osnabruck

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1986

Freshwater
| Short animation | 1986 | Japan | 3'33" | 16mm, HD | Standard | Mono | No dialogue |
| Stills |
Direction, animation: Yamamura Koji
Thanks to Kifune Tokumitsu, Tsunekawa Sanae, Hiruma Yukio, Furukawa Takuji

Late night train, sleeping young man. A big carp comes in at the station. At night, various freshwater creatures appear and disappear in the night of the aquarium. The semi-actual situation and the animation of cutting paper with silver foil were shot on a multi-plane.

1985

Serenade
| Short animation | 1985 | Japan | 4'00" | 8mm, 16mm, HD | Standard | Mono | No dialogue |
|Objects | Stills |
Direction, animation: Yamamura Koji
Voices: Tsuchiya Kenji, Sugimoto Hideki, Kitayama Riko, Ueno Tosei
Violin: Nakanishi Akiko
Back Ground Photo: Furukawa Takuji

A cannibalized egg as man's pet ate a woman at a bar at night or an old man who plays the violin, egg grows bigger day by day.
One night without prey ... the poetry of the moon and the skeleton.
This film made by half-shaped relief puppet technique and background of photos. The photo was located in Fussa.

1984

1982

1979

1978

SF Last Judgment
8mm, 3min.20sec.
Direction, animation: Yamamura Koji

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2003-2006

2006

TOKYO LOOP
| Short animation | 2006 | Japan | 4'54" | HD, DCP | 16:9, Vista (1:1.66) | Stereo | Japanese, English subtitles |
PRODUCTION: Imageforum
Directors: SatoMasahiko+ UedaMio,Tanaami Keiichi, SeikeMika, Oyama Kei, Shiriagari Kotobuki, Tabaimo, Uda Atuko, Aihara Shinyo, Ito Takashi, Shimao Maho, Wada Atsushi, Murata Tomoyasu, Furukawa Taku, Yamamura Koji, Kuri Yoji, Iwai Toshio
MUSIC: Yamamoto Seiichi
"Fig"
Directed by Yamamura Koji
Script, Edit, Character Design, Animation & Background Drawing Koji Yamamura
Animator: Chie Arai
SOUND EFFECTS Koji Kasamatsu

“TOKYO LOOP ” is created by 16 artists' short films based on the theme Tokyo.

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2002-2004

Legendary Crocodile, Jake and His Fellows
| Short animation | 2002 | Japan | 77'00" | HD, 35mm | Standard | Stereo | Japanese, English subtitles |
Production: TV Tokyo
Producer: Kubota Osamu
Director: Inudo Isshin
Music: coba
Animation: Yamamura Koji
Navigator: Jun Murakami
Cast: Ichikawa Mikaco, Tsukamoto Shinya, Terashima Susumu, Hoshino Mari, Sakai Miki, Kataoka Reiko, Ohsugi Ren, Ito Atsushi, Shirai Akira, Ohtake Shinobu, Kato Takeshi. Noda Hideki, Kubozuka Yosuke, Danda Yasunori, Ishizuka Hidehiko, Adachi Yumi, Kishida Kyoko

Inuyama is interested in the presence of the mysterious crocodile "Jake" that has been witnessed around the world. He continues to travel around the world, hearing the testimony of various people of different ages, nationalities, and witnesses who witnessed "Jake."

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2003

Renku animation “Winter Day”
Kefu ha Imoto no Mayoi Kaniniyuki Ayahito he Woiyu ni Shiga no Hana Koshite by Tokoku
| Part of the feature animation | 2003 | Japan | 105'00" | 35mm | Standard | Dolby Degital 5.1ch | Stereo | Japanese |
| Sketch | Making of | Stills |
Direction and animation: Koji Yamamura
Planning, Chief Direvtor: Kawamoto Kihachiro
Voices: Basho: Mitani Noboru, Nomizu: Kishida Kyoko, load: Kashiwagi Ryuta, Tokoku: Sasaki Mutsumi, Shigego: Yoshimi Kazutomo, Shohei: Watanabe Minoru Mutsui
Production: IMAGICA Entertainment, Dentsu Tec
Participating directors (in order of appearance): Yuri Norshtein, Kawamoto Kihachiro, Oi Fumio, Nomura Tatsutoshi, Suzuki Shinichi, Fukushima Haru, Ishida Takuya, Raul Selve, Morita Noriko, Shimamura Tatsuo, Okuyama Reiko, Kotabe Youichi, Alexander Petrov, Yonesho Maya, Kuri Yoji, Ruru Rubi, Hayashi Seiichi, Isshiki Azuru, Bushetslav Poyar, Yasuda Katsushi, Katayama Masahiro, Mark Baker, Ito Yuichi, Kurosaka Keita, Yokosuka Reiko, Asano Yuko, IKIF, Ei Wang Kashiwa, Takahata Isao, Hikone Norio, Mori Masaaki, Furukawa Taku, Co Hoedman, Jacques Drouin, Yuzaki Yusako, Yamamura Koji

Kawamoto Kihachiro is the director and director, and is a "renku animation" by 35 animation artists based on the theme of "Winter Day", a part of Basho's Basho Seven-part Collection. Following the production process, a feature-length documentary, "Poets on a Winter's Day," was created and shown along with how each animation artist interpreted the phrases in charge.

Awards:
77th Kinema Junpo Best Ten Cultural Film
18th Digital Content Grand Prix Genre Award, Art Award
2003 Japan Media Arts Festival Animation Division Grand Prize
58th Mainichi Film Contest Nobuo Ohto Prize

Official selection:
ANIMA2004
festival LES TOILES FILANTES
Hong Kong Film Festival
2nd Taiwan Intenational Animation Festival 2004
ZAGREB2004
Singapore Animation Nation Film Festival
27th Asian American International Film Festival
Chiavari International Animation Film Festival
PUSAN International Film Festival
3rd International Film Festival for Children and Youth
Fukuoka City General Library Video Hall Cinera
The 19th Takasaki Film Festival Pre-Film Festival
Hida International Fairy Tale Animation Film Festival 2004
Mitaka Forest Anime Festa 2004
16th Sugakawa International Short Film Festival
Yufuin Cultural Record Film Festival

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1989-2019

2017 / 2019

Bells are Ring
| Music Video | 2017 / 2019 | Japan | 1'30" | HD, 4K | 16:9 | Stereo | Japanese | Stills |
Lyrics: Yamamura Koji
Composition: Sakurai Eiko
Singers: Hanada Yuuichiro, Ono Atsuko
Dancers(2017): Hanada Yuuichiro, Ono Atsuko, Kobayashi Yoshihisa, Uehara Risa, Choromy, Mu Mu, Garapico
Dancers(2019): Hanada Yuuichiro, Ono Atsuko, Fukuo Makoto, Akimoto Azuki, Choromy, Mu Mu, Garapico
Animation, Design, Diretior: Yamamura Koji
Production: NHK Educational Broadcasted at "Okasantoissho Summer Special", Ｅtv 31st July 2017.

2013

(C)Koji Yamamura / NHK Enterprises

Kojiki Girl Travelogue
| TV program | 2013 | Japan | 59'00" | HD | 16:9 | Stereo | Japanese |
Reporter: Tomoka Kurotani
Animation part;
The Cleansing（3'17”）、Sun Goddess Amaterasu（2'11”）, Blooming Flowers（2'31"）, Umisachi and Yamasachi（3'30"）
Script, Animation, Direction: Yamamura Koji
Music: Ueno Koji
Production: NHK Enterprises
March16th Saturday am11:00 - 11:59 NHK BS Premium
March 24th Sunday am10:05 - 11:04 NHK World Premium

Japan's oldest chronicle, Kojiki or "Record of Ancient Matters" was compiled in 712. It begins with the creation myth and the emergence of gods. 4 episode where are located at Hyuga, "The Cleansing""Sun Goddess Amaterasu""Blooming Flowers" and "Umisachi and Yamasachi" were made into animation. Animation part:

2011

Prekiso Eigo
| TV program | 2011 | Japan | HD | 16:9 | Stereo | English |
Production: NHK Educatinal
Art direction Character Design, Animation, Opening title direction: Yamamura Koji
"Prekiso Eigo" is an English Educational program on NHK.

micro story
| TV program insert animation | 2011-2012 | Japan | 2'00" x 12 episode | HD | Standard | Stereo | English | Story boards | Stills |
Part of "Prekiso Eigo"
(Animation, Direction)
Text: Arthur Binard, Music Toshio Nakagawa, NHK Education, 2 mint. every month
2011.04~2012.03 / 2012.04～2013.3 on air ar NHK ETV prekiso-eigo dvd box
April "Colors" (2011)
May "Shapes"(2011)
June "How Many?"(2011)
July "Somewhere New" (2011)
August "Night Time"(2011)
September "Sea Life"(2011)
October "I Can Write" (2011)
November "Noisy Oysters" (2011)
December "Grass, Grass, Grass"(2011)
January "See History" (2011)
February "Hippo Birthday" (2011)
March "City lights and Starlight" (2012)

2011
NHK E Tele Saturday 18: 50-19: 00 / Tuesday 10: 05-10: 15 / Thursday 10: 05-10: 15
FY2012 / 2013 (rebroadcast of FY2011)
NHK E Tele Saturday 18: 50-19: 00 / Monday 10: 05-10: 10 (2012 only) / Thursday 10: 05-10: 15
FY2014 / 2015 (Rebroadcast of FY2014)
NHK E Tele (Normal version) Saturday 18: 50-19: 00, Thursday 10: 05-10: 15 / (5 minutes version (animation only)) Monday 5: 50-5: 55 (Ends at 5:53 minutes) ・ Tuesday 19: 50-19: 55 (ends at 19:53)
2016 (Rebroadcast in 2014)
NHK E-Tele (Normal version) Saturday 18: 50-19: 00, Thursday 10: 05-10: 15 / (5 minutes version (animation only)) Friday 15: 55-16: 00 (ends at 15:58)
2017 (Rebroadcast in 2014)
NHK E Tele (Normal Edition) Thursday 10: 05-10: 15

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2001

Legendary Crocodile, Jake and His Fellows
| TV program | 2001 | Japan | 1'06" | Beta-cam SP | 16:9 | Stereo | No dialogue |
Production: TV Tokyo
Producer: Kubota Osamu
Director: Inudo Isshin
Music: coba
Animation: Yamamura Koji
Narration: Ichikawa Mikaco, Tsukamoto Shinya, Terashima Susumu, Hoshino Mari, Sakai Miki, Kataoka Reiko, Oosugi Ren, Ito Atsusi, Shirai Akira, Ohtake Shionobu, Kato Takeshi. Noda Hideki, Kubozuka Yosuke, Danda Yashunori, Ishizuka Hidehiko, Adachi Yumi, Kishida Kyoko, Murakami Jun
First series 2001.7.1〜9.30, TV Tokyo
Second series 2001.10.07~12.23, TV Tokyo 01 Ichikawa Mikaco, 02 Tsukamoto Shinya, 03 Terashima Susumu, 04 Hoshino Mari, 05 Sakai Miki, 06 Kataoka Reiko, 07 Ohsugi Ren, 08 Ito Atsushi, 09 Shirai Akira, 10 Ohtake Shionobu, 11 Kato Takeshi, 12 Noda Hideki, 13 Kubozuka Yosuke, 14 Danda Yasunori, 15 Ishizuka Hidehiko, 16 Aso Kumiko, 17 Kato Ryo, 18 Suzuki Matsuo, 19 Takahashi Keiko, 20 Noboko Nakaya, 21 Shibasaki Kou, 22 TanabeSeiichi, 23 Adachi Yumi, 24 Kishida Kyoko, 25 Murakami Jun

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1996

Bavel's Book
| Short animation | 1996 | Japan | 5'15" | D2, 16mm, HD, DCP | Standard | Stereo | Japanese, English subtitles |
| Sketches | Story boards | Objects | Drawings | Stills |
Production: Yamamura Animation
Director, Script, Animation: Yamamura Koji
Music: Syzygys, Shimizu Hitomi, Nishida Hiromi
Sound Design: Arakawa Kazuhiko
Broadcast on NHK Educational "Petit Petit Animen" from 1996.

Voices: Brother: Takaaki Namiki, Sister: Yui Makino A boy and his young sister were curious about the book someone had left on a bench, and they opened the book. Then the small Tower of Bavel was completed on a page. Looking into the tower, they found an old man sitting and reading a book, surrounded by innumerable books. As the man turned pages, mythical animals appeared and disappeared.

Awards:
1st prize, Animation, Adult July: Chicago Internationale Children's Film Festival
Prize for Outstanding film Animation for T.V. Category:'97 Seoul Animation Expo

Official selection:
The WORLD ANIMATION CELEBRATION
CIANIMA '97
Cartoombria 3ed International Animation Film Competition
Anima mundi '98
Ottawa International Animation Festival
ANNECY97 Film prints

Film Archive:
Fukuoka City Public Library

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1994 -1995

(C)Koji Yamamura/DOUZU/
NHK-ED/NHK-SW

Pacusi
| Short animation | 1994 -1995 | Japan | 1'00" x 18th episode and 1'30", Song of Pacusi:1'30", Bridge Animation: 0'10", | 35mm, D2 | Standerd | Stereo | No dialogue |
| Sketches | Story boards | Objects | Cels | Backgrounds | Making of | Stills | Making video |
Since April 1994, it has been broadcasted on NHK Educational "Okaasan To Issho" (regular broadcasting is until 1996, from 1999 irregular broadcasting) .
Produce: NHK, Educational, Douzu
Production: Yamamura Animation
Direction, Animation, Script: Yamamura Koji
Camera: Akiyoshi Studio
Sound: NHK
Music: Syzygys, Sudo Takashi
Voices: Pacusi: Horiuchi Yoko, Baltazar: Sudo Takashi, Papa: Yamamura Koji, Mama: Shimizu Hitomi, Oto Oto: Yamamura Yuri
"Song of Pacusi" Lyrics: Douzu, Composition, Song: Miyako Mieko
Regular broadcasting is irregular until 1996 and thereafter until 1999. A total of six episodes were broadcast from December 22 to 24, 2016, two episodes per day. On July 31, 2017, we broadcast "Song of Pacusi". A total of four episodes were broadcast one day a day from August 1 to 4 of the same year. In addition, a total of six episodes were broadcast one day a day from August 14 to 19 of the same year.

"Pacusi" is a story of Pacusi and his family. Little happenings in ordinary days are described. We can enjoy the warmhearted and a big strange Pacusi's world.

Song of Pacusi, Bridge Animation, episode 1: The Pacusi family", episode 2: A Bottle, episode 3: A Picture Book", episode 4: Brushing teeth, episode 5: Peek-a-Boo", episode 6: Water, episode 7: On the Way Home, episode 8: Chair, episode 9: Handkerchief, episode 10: Parade, episode 11: Dance, episode 12: Baltazar, episode 13: Sweet Buns, episode 14: Vehicles, episode 15: Fallen Leaves, 16 episode: Soft Ice Cream, episode 17: Organ, episode 18: Evolution

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1992

Karo and Piyobpt
| Short animation | 1992 | Japan | 4'20" x 3 epsode | 35mm, HD, DCP | Standard | Stereo | No dialogue |
| Story boards | Cels | Objects | Making of | Stills |
Produce: Yamamura Animation, NHK Direction, Animation, Script: Yamamura Koji
Camera: Akiyoshi Studio
Sound: NHK
Music: Syzygys
Voices: Karo: Takahashi Momota, Piyobpt: Shimizu Hitomi

A House:
One day in winter,two birds were flying to the snow field. They found a fine big tree and decided to build their house on it. Carrying logs,cutting them,putting together,finally a lovely house was completed.

The Sandwiches:
It was a wonderful day. At the kitchen,Karo and Piyobupt were making sandwiches.Yes,they were going on a picnic.When you eat sandwiches on the beautiful green field,how delicious they are and how much you eat them.

Imagination:
Karo was hurrying to his house on a rainy day.Then he met a fish swimming in the air.He talked about the fish to Piyobupt but Piyobupt laughed at Karo.So they started to imagine and imagine.And outside of the window,flying fishes were enjoying the rain.

Awards:
The Prize of ANIFILM Praha for unconventional and inventive technigue of animated film: Zlin Film Festibal-xxxiv.1994
Second Prize of Category C: The5th International Animation Festival in Japan Hiroshima'94
Best Director-Animation Film: Chicago International Children's Film Festival

Official Selection:
Carrousel International du Film de Rimouski, Dresden Children's Film Festival
10jahre Berliner Kinderkinotage and The Festival of Light Filmfest
44th Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin-Kinderfilmfest 1994
5th International New England Childrens's Film Festival
Cairo International Film Festival, The 37th Internatonal Leipzig Festival for Documentary and Animation 8th INTERNATIONALE TRICKFILMTAGE SCHORNDORF
ANNECY '95

Review:
"Keep it in Motion - Classic Animation Revisited: the Karo and Piyobupt trilogy" （By Chris Robinson, January 5, 2017, AWM.com）>Site

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2010

Little Bear in the Rain
| Music Video | 2010 | Japan | 3'37" | HD | 16:9 | Stereo | Japanese, English subtitles | Stills |
”Amefuri Kumanoko”
Lyrics: Tsurumi Masao
Composition: Yuyama Akira
Music Producer: Sakamoto Ryuichi
Song: Harada Tomoyo
Arrangement: Suzuki Keiichi
Production: ADK Arts (ADK Creative One)
Direction, Design, Animation: Yamamura Koji
English Translation: Chris Robinson “Rain falls in the mountain, Dancing on the ground
Forming a small stream of water A mischievous bear runs by the stream.
Silently he looks down at the water, And wonders if there is a fish…”
This film was made as one of the “Nihon no Uta” (Songs of Japan) projects.
The project aims to breathe new life into Japanese nursery songs and school songs, and pass them on to future generations.

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1999

DVD KAZUYOSHI NAKAMURA | 90's FILMS
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1992

VHS 2nd Rated

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2019

WILDAID　Hankograph
| Web広告映像 | 2019.04 | 日本 | 2分10秒 | HD | 16:9 | Stereo | 日本語 |
Animator, Director: Yamamura Koji, Yamamura Animation
Creative Director: TAGAYA Masanori, GREY
Art Director: TAKAI Gaku, GREY
Associate Account Director: FUKUDA Meg, GREY
Accounts Executive: OGURA Shinnosuke, GREY
Director of Photography: UENO Senzo
Producer: KINOSHITA Kentaro, TYO MONSTER DINER
Campaign Producers: Yamawaki Airi, Mt.MELVIL, WILDAID, TEARS OF THE AFRICAN ELEPHANT
Production Managers: KONNO Seiya, TYO MONSTER DINER
Photographer: NISHIMURA Mitsuru
Digital Designers: TAKAOKA Maria, Mt.MELVIL
Captions Translations: TAYLOR Kennedy
Music: Shimizu Hitomi
Sound Design: Kasamatsu Koji
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受賞：
AD STARS 2019（釜山国際広告祭）Gold・Film Craft_Animation, Silver・Film Craft_Sound design, Bronze・Film Craft_Art direction_production design, Silver・Non Branded Videos、韓国、2019.08
Sliver Spikes: スパイクアジア2019

SHORTLIST: 2019 CLIO awards (Film Technique category: Animation)
Ottawa International Animation Festival, Canada, 2019.09
SHORTLIST: Spikes Asia 2019
21st Wiesbaden International Festival of Animation, Germany, 2019.10

2017

JR East Japan Railway Company Group: Servis/Children's Future
| Television advertisement | 2017 | US | 0'30", 0'30" | HD | 16:9 | Stereo | Japanese |
Client: JR East Japan
Agency: JK Creative
Production: Pyramid Film
Director:
Animation: Yamamura Koji

JR East Japan Railway Company Group: Anzenheno Torikumi/Chiikito Tomoni
| Television advertisement | 2017 | US | 0'30", 0'15" | HD | 16:9 | Stereo | Japanese |
Animation
Client: JR East Japan
Agency: JK Creative
Production: Pyramid Film
Director:
Animation: Yamamura Koji

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2010

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2008

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2007

Man & Whale
| Advertising Movie | 2007 | Japan | 2'00" | 35mm, HD | 16:9 | Stereo | Japanese |
Client: Greenpeace Japan
Agency: Leo Burnett, beacon communications
Production: Yamamura Animation
Director, Design: Yamamura Koji
Music: Hitomi Shimizu
Sound Design:Koji Kasamatsu
Awards:
Silver "New Director"(Short Film): Asia Pacific Advertising Festival 2008
EARTH VISION Prize for Children's Film: EARTH VISION - The Tokyo Global Environmental Film Festival
Special Jury Award in TV Category : 5th China International Animation and Digital Arts Festival September

2006

2005

2004

2003

DVD NAAシリーズ山村浩二作品集
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2001

DVD NAA Koji Yamamura
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1999

DVD NAA Koji Yamamura
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1998

1997

DVD NAA Koji Yamamura
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2017

Archive of Lights
| Trailer for archive films | September 2017 | Japan | 0'10" | 16mm, 35mm, HD, 4K, DCP | Standard, Vista, Cinemascope
| Silent | Stills |
Production: Independent Administrative Institution National Museum of Art National Film Archive of Japan
Director, Animation: Yamamura Koji
Logo design: Hitoshi Suzuki
The NFAJ logo animation was born from the NFAJ logo, which the
designer Hitoshi Suzuki created combining images of screen and light. Inspired by this logo, the animator-director Yamamura drew various images with black drawing pens, captured them into the PC, and inverted black and white to express lights. This animation is put on the starting of every films that will be archived from April 2018.

2016

2012

2011

DVD Prekiso Eigo 1
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DVD Prekiso Eigo 3
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DVD Prekiso Eigo 4
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2010

2008

Animations creator & critics
| Trailer for web site | 2008 | Japan | 0'10" | HD | 16:9 | Stereo |
Director, Animation. Logo design: Yamamura Koji

Anima Mudi 2008
| Trailer for Animation Festival | 2008 | Brazil | 0'33" | HD | 16:9 | Stereo |
Music: Hitomi Shimizu
Director, Animation: Yamamura Koji
Music: Shimizu Hitomi

2005

イントゥ・アニメーション4 (Into Animation 4)
| 上映会トレーラー | 2005 | 日本 |15秒 | SD | 4:3 | Stereo | セリフなし |
監督、アニメーション：山村浩二
日本アニメーション協会上映会「イントゥ・アニメーション4」用トレーラー。

DVD「頭山」山村浩二作品集

2004

Nose
| アニメーション映画祭トレーラー | 2004 | 日本 |１分 | SD | 4:3 | Stereo | セリフなし |
監督、アニメーション：山村浩二
SICAFソウル国際カートゥーン・アンド・アニメーション映画祭のためのトレーラー。

DVD「頭山」山村浩二作品集

2003

2002

2001

DVD NAAシリーズ山村浩二作品集
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1999

DVD NAAシリーズ山村浩二作品集
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1998

Mr. Rib Globe
| Short animation | 1998 | Japan | 1'39" | SD | 4:3 | Stereo | No dialogue |
| Sketch |
Production: Music Channel(VibeE、PICS)
Producer: Terai Hironori
Director, Animation: Yamamura Koji
Sound: Kitazato Reiji, Kasamatsu Koji
Edit : M.Kanaya

Mysterious old people in conference. They point at a terrestrial globe which has a skeletal structure inside. Mr. Rib Globe lives in the globe. He runs and runs with a rib bone in his bosom, and wanders deep into an urban maze. Water fleas born from the rib bone are floating in the dark air. Desperately seeking for an exit, where is Mr. Rib Globe finally going?

よみがえれ里山 (Yomigaere Satoyama)
| ドキュメンタリー映画オープニング＆エンディングタイトル映像 | 1998 | 12秒 | 日本 | SD | 4:3 | セリフなし |
アニメーション：山村浩二
演出：鎌仲ひとみ
VHS よみがえれ里山

1994

Kingdom of Midnight
| Opening title for TV program | 1994 | Japan | 0:45 | 35mm, SD, HD | 4:3 | Stereo | No dialogue |
(NHK-BS TV Program Opening Title, Ending Title & Logo design 1994)
Direction, Animation, Logo Design: Yamamura Koji
Music: The Residents "Easter Woman" (Commercial Album)

TV program opening & ending title of NHK-BS "Midnight Kingdom". The asteroid and the king of the fictional kingdom fascinated by the asteroid that can see all the space from the source of Borges's short novel, “Aleph”.

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2001

VHS Korasyo to Isshoni! Challenge Video"October issue

VHS Kodomo Eigo kyoshitsu"Let' Talk with Pippon !" October issue

VHS Korasyo to Isshoni! Challenge Video" January issue

2000

1999

VHS "Kodomo Challenge-Pocket Theater" November issue

VHS "Kodomo Challenge-Pocket Theater" August issue

1998

1997

VHS Pocket Theater Ohisama issue

1996

VHS "Pocket Theater" December

VHS "Pocket Theater" April

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2013-2020

2018-present

Teaching at the Tokyo University of the Arts, Film and New Media
Animation Department
2008-present

Geidai Animation	Geidai Animation
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2D Animation workshopr
Animation Circus 2008-2020

2017

アニメーション・ワークショップ「カラダのリズム」
横浜美術館市民のアトリエ平面室、2017年2月5日
主催：横浜美術館
講師：山村浩二
協力：東京藝術大学大学院映像研究科
アニメーション・ワークショップ「カラダのリズム」

2016

音与动画　Workshop
第十二届中国国际动漫节国际动漫教育高峰论坛暨
中国美術学院　2016年8月29-30日
講師：山村浩二

2015

My title 01@La Poudriere
2015.03.17 - 20
4 days workshop at La Poudriere in Balance, France.
Students selects one Music from own music player. They use that "Title" for this short animation.
They also have to use the sound effects that were selected at random from sound library.

La Poudrière 2000 - 2015

2014

"Animatou" workshop - Animation Circus 04
2014.10.06 - 10
Geneva University of Art and Design(HEAD)、スイス
”Animatou 2015”
Trailer for Animatou 2015

Groupe A

Groupe B

Groupe C

2013

Cadavre exquis animé [Carrefour du cinéma d'animation 2013]
(5 min.) HD / 2013/France./color
Direction, Animation: 70 French Students
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2017

A.Vivaldi "The Four Seasons"
| Music Video | November 2017 | Japan | Around 45'00" | HD | 16:9 | No dialogue |
Production:
Planning: Sawa Kazuki
Producer: Okamoto Mitsuko
Supervisor of Animation: Yamamura Koji
Animation: Anna Budanova, Priit and Olga Pärn, Wada Astushi and Theodore Ushev

In commemoration of the 130th anniversary of Tokyo University of the Arts in 2017, A. Vivaldi's "Four Seasons" will be animated and performed using AI to keep the timing of the animation in sync with live performance.
2017.11.19 Premiure Kita-kyusyu Hibikin Hall, aiolin: Kazuki Sawa, Hibiki Strings

2012

Expo 2012 Yeosu (Korea) Japan Pavilion
| Exhibition movie | 2012 | Japan |
supervision of exhibition movie: Yamamura Koji

2010

Taketori Monogatari
| Music Video | 2010 | Japan | 1'43" | 35mm, HD, DCP | Cinemascope | No dialogue |
Original script, animation: Ofuji Noburo
Superviser: Koji Yamamura, Copy right: Independent Administrative Institution National Museum of Art, Production: Yamamura Animation, restoration and assistant: Sanae Yamamura, Atsushi Wada, Ryo okawara, provide the materials from The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, technique corpration: IMAGICA, researcher: Tsugata Nobuyuki, Tomoya Kimura

2001

In my life
| Music Video | 2001 | Japan | 0'24" | HD | 16:9 | English |
Animation: Yamamura Koji
Video for Keisuke Kuwata 2001AAA (The Beatles) Live Concert.

1999

1998

1995

Miru, Shiru, Tsukuru, Animation Kit
| VHS. DVD, booklet, work collection | 1995 | Japan | SD | 4:3 | Japanese |
Production, editing, animation: Koji Yamamura
Publisher: Children's Castle AV Division
MIRU KIT (VHS, DVD): An original animation and a making video that introduces how to make an animation in a fun way.
Shiru Kit (booklet, 4-color printing, 32 pages):
A "monitoring reader" that explains the process of creating an animation by mixing illustrations and photographs of the production scenery. Also features interviews with animation artists and the history of various video devices.
Supervision: The Imaging Society of Japan
Crafting kit (work collection): A collection of old-fashioned video toy craft patterns that move in a simple way. With detailed commentary.

Ultraman Kids
| Education Software | 1995 | Japan |
Animation: Tsuburaya Pro
Director: Yamamura Koji
Education software for SEGA "Pico"

1990

Pioneer 5 minutes Theater
| Exhibition Video | 1990 | Japan | 5'00" | HD | 16: 9 |
Production: Asahi Promotion
Producer: Sato Hiraku
Animation: Yamamura Koji
Animated part of Hi-Vision exhibition video, combined with live action.

1989

Nezumi
| Theatrical stage footage | 1989 | Japan | 16mm | 4:3 |
Animation: Koji Yamamura
Animation projected on stage and costume during the Ishin-ha's "echo" play

Silent Night
| Animation for Video Package | 1989 | Japan | SD | 4:3 |
"Good Christmas for Kids" VHS (21st October 1992)
Production: King Records
Song: Hibari Children's Choir
General Director and Composition: Sugiyama Taku
"Silent Night"
Conte, direction, art, background: Mukuo Takamura
Background: Yamamura Koji
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