Eiichi Yamamoto
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- November 22, 1940, Kyoto, Japan
- Died
- September 7, 2021
- Movies
- 23
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 Movies
Filmography
Directing, Writing & Producing
| 2019 | One Arm | Director, Writer |
| 1995 | Tokai no Butchy | Director |
| 1992 | Giant Robo: The Day the Earth Stood Still | Writer |
| 1991 | By the Time the Moon Rises | Director, Writer |
| 1991 | The Sensualist | Screenplay |
| 1989 | Little Wansa | Director, Writer |
| 1986 | Pelican Road Club Culture | Director, Writer |
| 1985 | Odin: Starlight Mutiny | Director |
| 1984 | Oshin | Director |
| 1983 | Space Battleship Yamato III: The Destruction of the Solar System | Director |
| 1983 | Final Yamato | Screenplay |
| 1979 | Space Battleship Yamato II: The Comet Empire | Director |
| 1977 | Space Battleship Yamato | Writer |
| 1973 | Belladonna of Sadness | Director, Writer |
| 1970 | Cleopatra: Queen of Sex | Director |
| 1969 | A Thousand and One Nights | Director |
| 1969 | Till a City Beneath the Sea is Built | Director |
| 1966 | Jungle Emperor | Director |
| 1964 | Astro Boy: The Brave In Space | Writer, Director |
| 1962 | Tales of a Street Corner | Director |
| 1962 | MALE | Director, Writer |
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