Koji Yamamura
山村浩二
Koji Yamamura is a Japanese animation director, producer, illustrator and picture-book author, born in 1964. After studying painting at Tokyo Zokei University and working as a background artist at Mukuo Studio, he became independent and co-founded Yamamura Animation with Sanae Yamamura in 1993. His films include the Oscar-nominated Mt. Head (2002), Franz Kafka’s A Country Doctor (2007) and the feature Dozens of Norths (2021), which won awards at Annecy and Ottawa. A professor at Tokyo University of the Arts since 2008 and a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, he also opened the animation store and gallery Au Praxinoscope in 2013.
Born
June 4, 1964
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2026
Eri
Produced by
2026
The Spring Sea
Directed by
2024
Extremely Short
Directed by
2023
My Inner Ear Quartet
Directed by
2022
The House of Loss
Produced by
2021
Polar Bear Bears Boredom
Directed by
2021
A Bite of Bone
Produced by
2021
Dear Viruses
Produced by
2019
Dreams Into Drawing
Directed by
Editing
Story
Animation
2018
On the Way Home
Produced by
2018
Quest of the Battling Gods
Produced by
2016
Radio Wave
Produced by
2016
Jungle Taxi
Other crew
2016
At the Mouth of Summer
Produced by
2016
Satie's "Parade"
Directed by
Animation
Produced by
Story
2014
My Milk Cup Cow
Produced by
2013
Usalullaby
Produced by
2013
Maze King
Produced by
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