A collection of short films by Koji Yamamura

FROM THE KIMSTIM COLLECTION

“Yamamura is a true icon within the animation world and living proof that Japan has far more to offer the animation world than typical, big eyed, big robot anime.” – Twitch.com

Koji Yamamura is considered one of the greatest independent Japanese animators of this generation. Born in Japan in 1964, he has been crafting animation since age twelve by combining traditional drawings with mixed media such as modeling clay, still photography and painting. Yamamura has fashioned entirely distinctive, stunningly imaginative worlds with free-spirited creativity: trees grow out of heads, birds dream of fruit, and children are swallowed by whales.

Koji Yamamura first garnered major international attention in 2003—when his universally acclaimed Mt. Head received an Oscar® nomination for Best Animated Short Film. Yamamura is the only Japanese animator (besides the legendary Hayao Miyazaki) to ever receive such an honor.

KimStim is proud to present a collection of Yamaura’s most remarkable works for the first time in the U.S., including his latest masterpiece Franz Kafka's A Country Doctor—a nightmarish, virtuoso drawing-on-paper rendering of the famed short story and winner of seven Grand Prizes at major animation festivals worldwide.

Films include:
Franz Kafka‘s A Country Doctor (2007, 21 mins)
Child's Metaphysics (Kodomo no keijijogaku, 2007, 5 mins)
The Old Crocodile (Toshi wo Totta Wani, 2005, 13 mins, In English)
Pieces (Omake, 2003, 2 mins, No dialogue)
Mt. Head (Atama-yama, 2002, 10 mins)
Your Choice! (Docchi ni Suru, 1999, 10 mins, In English)
Bavel’s Book (Bavel no Hon, 1996, 5 mins)
Kid’s Castle (1995, 5 mins, No dialogue)
Kipling Jr. (1995, 15 mins)
From the Karo & Piyobupt series (1993, 3 films 4 mins each, No dialogue): A House (Ouchi); The Sandwiches (Sandoicchi); Imagination (Ame no Hi)
Perspektivenbox (Enkinhou no Hako, 1989, 4 mins, No dialogue)
Japanese-English Pictionary (Hyakka Zukan, 1989, 12 mins, No dialogue)
Aquatic (Suisei, 1987, 5 mins, No dialogue)


15 short films • 1987–2007 • Color • 124 mins. • In Japanese with English subtitles, except where noted • 16:9 and 4:3 aspect ratios

We can ship within the USA and Canada only.

This DVD is for home use only. If you wish to purchase Franz Kafka’s A Country Doctor & Other Fantastic Films for educational or institutional use please click here.