Eiichi Yamamoto Explained

Eiichi Yamamoto
Native Name:	山本 暎一
Native Name Lang:	ja
Birth Date:	1940 11, df=yes
Birth Place:	Kyoto Prefecture, Japan
Occupation:	Film director, screenwriter, animator
Yearsactive:	1959–2001

^[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 (1963) (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)
• (1985) (director, screenplay)
• The Sensualist (1991) (screenplay)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Belladonna of Sadness, Cleopatra Director Eiichi Yamamoto Passes Away. Anime News Network. Hodgkins. Crystalyn. 26 September 2021. 26 September 2021.