In the Trenches of Independence
Koji Yamamura's lean years.
Over the weekend, Koji Yamamura won another award.
At the biggest animation festival in North America, Ottawa, Dozens of Norths claimed the grand prize for feature films. It followed Yamamura’s grand-prize win at Ottawa for A Country Doctor (2007), a short film. Historic stuff — but, by now, almost a given.
Yamamura was Japan’s firs…
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