Eiichi Yamamoto
Known for Directing
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
Cleopatra: Queen of Sex
1970
Director
Odin: Starlight Mutiny
1985
Director
A Thousand and One Nights
1969
Director
Belladonna of Sadness
1973
Director
Belladonna of Sadness
1973
Writer
Space Battleship Yamato
1977
Writer
Final Yamato
1983
Screenplay
Astro Boy: The Brave In Space
1964
Director
Astro Boy: The Brave In Space
1964
Writer
The Sensualist
1991
Screenplay
Little Wansa
1989
Director
Little Wansa
1989
Writer
Jungle Emperor
1966
Director
Pelican Road Club Culture
1986
Director
Pelican Road Club Culture
1986
Writer
Oshin
1984
Director
Tales of a Street Corner
1962
Director
Animation Maestro Gisaburo
2012
as Self
By the Time the Moon Rises
1991
Director
By the Time the Moon Rises
1991
Writer