Eiichi Yamamoto

Japanese film director (1940–2021)

Eiichi Yamamoto
山本暎一
Born	(1940-11-22)22 November 1940 Kyoto Prefecture, Japan
Died	7 September 2021(2021-09-07) (aged 80)
Occupation(s)	Film director, screenwriter, animator
Years active	1959–2001

Eiichi Yamamoto (山本暎一, Yamamoto Eiichi, 22 November 1940 – 7 September 2021)^[1] 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.

Selected filmography

Astro Boy (1964) (director, writer) (TV)
Kimba the White Lion (1966) (director, producer, writer) (TV)
One Thousand and One Arabian Nights (1969) (director)
Cleopatra (1970) (director)
Kanashimi no Belladonna (1973) (director, writer)
Little Wansa (1973) (director) (TV)
Space Battleship Yamato (1974-1975) (supervising director, writer) (TV)
Space Battleship Yamato (1977) (screenplay)
Odin: Photon Sailer Starlight (1985) (director, screenplay)
The Sensualist (1991) (screenplay)

References

^ Hodgkins, Crystalyn (26 September 2021). "Belladonna of Sadness, Cleopatra Director Eiichi Yamamoto Passes Away". Anime News Network. Retrieved 26 September 2021.