Eiichi Yamamoto
Born: 1940-11-22 in Kyoto, Japan
Died: 2021-09-07
Known For: Directing
Biography
Eiichi Yamamoto (山本 暎一, Yamamoto Eiichi, 22 November 1940 – 7 September 2021) was a Japanese film director and screenwriter of anime. He is known for directing the Animerama film series conceived by Osamu Tezuka. Yamamoto directed ten films between 1962 and 1986. His 1973 film Kanashimi no Belladonna was entered into the 23rd Berlin International Film Festival. Besides film work, Yamamoto also served as screenwriter on the anime television series Space Battleship Yamato and wrote the screenplay for its 1977 film adaptation.
Filmography
2019
- One Arm ... (Director)
2012
- Animation Maestro Gisaburo as Self
1995
- Tokai no Butchy ... (Director)
- Yamato 2520 ... (Writer)
1992
- Giant Robo: The Day the Earth Stood Still ... (Writer)
1991
- The Sensualist ... (Screenplay)
- By the Time the Moon Rises ... (Director)
- Izumo ... (Screenplay)
1989
- Urotsukidōji: Legend of the Overfiend ... (Supervising Animator)
- Little Wansa ... (Director)
1986
- Pelican Road Club Culture ... (Director)
1985
- Odin: Starlight Mutiny ... (Director)
1984
- Oshin ... (Director)
1983
- Final Yamato ... (Screenplay)
1977
- Space Battleship Yamato ... (Writer)
1974
- Space Battleship Yamato ... (Writer)
1973
- Belladonna of Sadness ... (Director)
- Little Wansa ... (Director)
1970
- Cleopatra: Queen of Sex ... (Director)
1969
- A Thousand and One Nights ... (Director)
- Till a City Beneath the Sea is Built ... (Director)
1966
- Jungle Emperor ... (Director)
- Leo the Lion ... (Director)
1964
- Astro Boy: The Brave In Space ... (Writer)
1963
- Astro Boy ... (Director)
1962
- Tales of a Street Corner ... (Director)
- Osu ... (Director)