Eiichi Yamamoto
Director, Writer, Producer
November 22, 1940 — September 7, 2021 (80 years)
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
Filmography
| 1992 | |
| 1991 | Izumo · as Screenplay |
| 1991 | The Sensualist · as Screenplay |
| 1986 | |
| 1985 | Odin: Photon Space Sailer Starlight · as Screenplay |
| 1983 | Final Yamato · as Screenplay |
| 1977 | |
| 1974 | |
| 1973 | |
| 1965 | Kimba the White Lion · as Screenplay |
| 1964 |
| 1983 | Final Yamato · as Associate Producer |
| 1965 |
| 2012 | Animeshi Sugii Gisaburô · as Self |
| 1992 | Giant Robo: The Day the Earth Stood Still · as Concept |