Direction: Kōji Morimoto
The best movies, series, and documentaries directed by Kōji Morimoto. Explore exceptional titles that showcase a unique filmmaking vision.
Magnetic Rose
1995 · Movie · 45 min. · Japan
Direction Kōji Morimoto
Plot "Magnetic Rose" is about what happens when a deep space corporate freighter is called upon to investigate a distress signal from what ought to be a derelict space station. The...
7.3
1K votes
7.3
1K votes
Memories
1995 · Movie · 113 min. · Japan
Direction Katsuhiro Ōtomo · Kōji Morimoto · Tensai Okamura
Plot Created by celebrated animé master Katsuhiro Otomo (Akira, Roujin Z), MEMORIES consists of three dazzling stories, each delivered with its own astonishing style. "Magnetic Rose," directed by Koji Morimoto (Animatrix)...
7.2
3K votes
7.2
3K votes
The Animatrix
2003 · Movie · 102 min. · United States
Direction Andrew R. Jones · Shin'ichirō Watanabe · Mahiro Maeda · Yoshiaki Kawajiri
Plot The Animatrix is a collection of several animated short films, detailing the backstory of the "Matrix" universe, and the original war between man and machines which led to the creation...
7.0
21K votes
7.0
21K votes
Beyond (S)
2003 · Movie · 13 min. · United States
Direction Kōji Morimoto
Plot Yoko's cat Yuki hasn't shown up for diner and this really concerns her as the cat never misses a meal. She starts looking, asking neighbors if they have seen the...
6.8
2K votes
6.8
2K votes
Genius Party Beyond
2008 · Movie · 80 min. · Japan
Direction Mahiro Maeda · Kōji Morimoto · Kazuto Nakazawa · Shinya Ohira
6.6
196 votes
6.6
196 votes
Robot Carnival
1987 · Movie · 91 min. · Japan
Direction Katsuhiro Ōtomo · Atsuko Fukushima · Hiroyuki Kitakubo · Mao Lamdao
Plot This is a Fantasia-like anthology of robots. The most noble are Presence, Deprive, and Nightmare. Nightmare is the story of an evil, cybernetic overlord that rises one night and unleashes...
6.5
442 votes
6.5
442 votes
Short Peace
2013 · Movie · 68 min. · Japan
Direction Katsuhiro Ōtomo · Shuhei Morita · Hiroaki Ando · Hajime Katoki
Plot Otomo Katsuhiro’s upcoming animated film “Short Piece”, an omnibus featuring 4 short films, done in the format of Otomo’s earlier film Memories perhaps.
6.3
268 votes
6.3
268 votes
Dimension Bomb (S)
2007 · Movie · 20 min. · Japan
Direction Kōji Morimoto
Plot An eccentric young girl summons boy from another dimension provoking by this her own dimension to explode later.
5.9
29 votes
5.9
29 votes
Noiseman Sound Insect (S)
1997 · Movie · 15 min. · Japan
Direction Kōji Morimoto
Plot The film is set in the distant future in a city called Cahmpon. A scientist creates a synthetic life-form called Noiseman, which erases music from the airwaves by turning it...
5.7
75 votes
5.7
75 votes
Eternal Family
1997 · Movie · 28 min. · Japan
Direction Kōji Morimoto
Plot It started as a sociological experiment. 6 different people were brainwashed to think that they were a family and then put in arbitrary situations to see how they would react....
5.6
66 votes
5.6
66 votes
Sound & Fury (Music Video)
2019 · Movie · 41 min. · United States
Direction Michael Arias · Masayuki Matsumoto · Jumpei Mizusaki · Kōji Morimoto
Cast Chiyuki Kanazawa
Plot In this visual anime album, a mysterious conductor enters a post-apocalyptic hell into a brutal confrontation with two monstrous opponents.
5.6
122 votes
5.6
122 votes
18if (TV Series)
2017 · Series · 24 min. · Japan
Direction Kōji Morimoto · Akira Nishimori
Plot Haruto Tsukishiro wakes up in a dream world dominated by strange and powerful entities called "Witches". To survive, he gets the assistance of research professor Katsumi Kanzaki and a mysterious...
5.4
29 votes
5.4
29 votes
Open the Door (S)
1995 · Movie · 11 min. · Japan
Direction Kōji Morimoto
Plot It's bedtime, and Nonoko is about to go to sleep. But the play of light and shadow on those objects on the wall look almost like... a person.
5.2
36 votes
5.2
36 votes
Digital Juice (S)
2002 · Movie · 20 min. · Japan
Direction Hiroaki Ando · Osamu Kobayashi · Kōji Morimoto · Hidekazu Ohara
Plot Digital Juice is a series of six Studio 4°C shorts collected in January 2002 as a direct-to-DVD package film. Each short is directed by a different director. The shorts deal...
4.7
33 votes
4.7
33 votes
4.1
58 votes
Urarochi Diamond (TV Miniseries)
2000 · Movie · 36 min. · Japan
Direction Kōji Morimoto
Plot Uraroji Diamond is a very interactive DVD which takes you inside a Studio-4C-style town with all the weirdness inside, while you scour for episodes (very short, black and white, weird...
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Rinshi!! Ekoda-chan (TV Series)
2019 · Series · 5 min. · Japan
Direction Akitaro Daichi · Gisaburô Sugii · Akira Shigino · Tomomi Mochizuki
Plot Follow the romantic adventures of Edoka, a single woman from Tokyo who works in several hostess clubs. Each episode is directed by a reputed animation director and in a different...
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Ai Monogatari: 9 Love Stories
1991 · Movie · 92 min. · Japan
Direction Kōji Morimoto · Tomomi Mochizuki · Hidetoshi Ōmori · Hiroshi Hamazaki
Plot An OVA based on the work of Kawaguchi Kaiji consisting of nine independent stories, each animated by a different director. With Beatles music involved, somewhere.
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