Personal Info
Known For
Directing
Gender
Male
November 22, 1940
Died
September 7, 2021 (80 years old)
Kyoto, Japan
Also Known As
- 山本 暎一
Eiichi Yamamoto
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.
Known For
Directing
The Sensualist
Screenplay
1991
Urotsukidōji: Legend of the Overfiend
Supervising Animator
1989
Space Battleship Yamato
Writer
1974
Belladonna of Sadness
Director, Writer
1973
Cleopatra: Queen of Sex
Director
1970
A Thousand and One Nights
Director
1969
Astro Boy
Director, Director of Operations
1963
Tales of a Street Corner
Director, Editor, Key Animation
1962