Known For
Directing
Born
Nov 22, 1940
Died
Sep 07, 2021
Place of Birth
Kyoto, Japan
Credits
30 titles
Eiichi Yamamoto
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.
Known For
Filmography
One Arm
Director
Belladonna of Sadness: Eiichi Yamamoto interview
Animation Maestro Gisaburo
Self
Tokai no Butchy
Director
Yamato 2520
Writer
Giant Robo: The Day the Earth Stood Still
Writer
By the Time the Moon Rises
Director
Izumo
Screenplay
The Sensualist
Screenplay
Little Wansa
Writer
Urotsukidōji: Legend of the Overfiend
Supervising Animator
Pelican Road Club Culture
Director
Odin: Starlight Mutiny
Director
Oshin
Director
Space Battleship Yamato III: The Destruction of the Solar System
Director
Final Yamato
Screenplay
Space Battleship Yamato II: The Comet Empire
Director
Space Battleship Yamato
Writer
Space Battleship Yamato
Writer
Belladonna of Sadness
Director
Little Wansa
Director
Cleopatra: Queen of Sex
Director
A Thousand and One Nights
Director
Till a City Beneath the Sea is Built
Director
Leo the Lion
Director
Jungle Emperor
Director
Astro Boy: The Brave In Space
Writer
Astro Boy
Director
Tales of a Street Corner
Director
MALE
Director