Directing · Filmography
Eiichi Yamamoto
Born November 22, 1940 (at 80)Kyoto, Japan
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.
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Astro Boy
1963
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Space Battleship Yamato
1974
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Izumo
1991
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A Thousand and One Nights
1969
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Belladonna of Sadness
1973
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Cleopatra: Queen of Sex
1970
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Little Wansa
1973
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Leo the Lion
1966
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Yamato 2520
1995
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The Sensualist
1991
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Space Battleship Yamato
1977
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Giant Robo: The Day the Earth Stood Still
1992
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Final Yamato
1983
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Odin: Starlight Mutiny
1985
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Oshin
1984
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Little Wansa
1989
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Pelican Road Club Culture
1986
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Astro Boy: The Brave In Space
1964
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Jungle Emperor
1966
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One Arm
2019
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By the Time the Moon Rises
1991
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Tales of a Street Corner
1962
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Tokai no Butchy
1995
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Animation Maestro Gisaburo
2012
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Till a City Beneath the Sea is Built
1969