Director
Eiichi Yamamoto
85 years · Kyoto, Japan · 22 films
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.
Best known for
Filmography 22
One Arm
2019 · Director, Writer
Belladonna of Sadness: Eiichi Yamamoto interview
2016 · Actor
Animation Maestro Gisaburo
2012 · 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
The Sensualist
1991 · Screenplay
Little Wansa
1989 · Writer, Director
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
Tales of a Street Corner
1962 · Director, Editor