Eiichi Yamamoto
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- November 22, 1940
- Died
- September 7, 2021
- Birthplace
- 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.
Filmography
One Arm 2019
Director, Writer
Belladonna of Sadness: Eiichi Yamamoto interview 2016
Actor
Animation Maestro Gisaburo 2012
as Self
Tokai no Butchy 1995
Director
Giant Robo: The Day the Earth Stood Still 1992
Writer
By the Time the Moon Rises 1991
Director, Writer, Storyboard
The Sensualist 1991
Screenplay
Little Wansa 1989
Writer, Director
Urotsukidōji: Legend of the Overfiend 1989
Supervising Animator
Pelican Road Club Culture 1986
Director, Writer
Odin: Starlight Mutiny 1985
Director, Screenplay
Oshin 1984
Director
Space Battleship Yamato III: The Destruction of the Solar System 1983
Director
Final Yamato 1983
Screenplay
Space Battleship Yamato II: The Comet Empire 1979
Director
Space Battleship Yamato 1977
Writer
Belladonna of Sadness 1973
Director, Writer
Cleopatra: Queen of Sex 1970
Director
A Thousand and One Nights 1969
Director
Till a City Beneath the Sea is Built 1969
Director
Jungle Emperor 1966
Director
Astro Boy: The Brave In Space 1964
Writer, Director
- MALE
MALE 1962
Director, Writer
Tales of a Street Corner 1962
Director, Editor, Key Animation
Credits from TMDB.