Directing
Eiichi Yamamoto
1940 · Kyoto, Japan
24 films
Bio
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
Urotsukidōji: Legend of the Overfiend
Supervising Animator
Space Battleship Yamato
Writer
A Thousand and One Nights
Director
Final Yamato
Screenplay
Cleopatra: Queen of Sex
Director
Belladonna of Sadness
Director
Little Wansa
Writer
Odin: Starlight Mutiny
Director
Oshin
Director
The Sensualist
Screenplay
Giant Robo: The Day the Earth Stood Still
Writer
Jungle Emperor
Director