As Actor
Animation Maestro Gisaburo
2012
7.0
Eiichi Yamamoto
Acting
Birth date
November 22, 1940
Birth place
Kyoto, Japan
Death date
September 7, 2021
Biography
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.
Featured in
As Writer
Giant Robo: The Day the Earth Stood Still
1992
7.0
As Writer
The Sensualist
1991
5.9
As Director
Odin: Starlight Mutiny
1985
4.6
As Director
Oshin
1984
8.3
As Writer
Final Yamato
1983
7.0
As Writer
Space Battleship Yamato
1977
8.3
As Director, As Writer
Belladonna of Sadness
1973
7.3
As Director
Cleopatra: Queen of Sex
1970
5.7
As Director
A Thousand and One Nights
1969
6.8
As Director
Jungle Emperor
1966
5.2
As Director, As Writer
Astro Boy: The Brave In Space
1964
5.3