
Director
Eiichi Yamamoto
Born 1940 · Kyoto, Japan
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.
Directed

Belladonna of Sadness
Director · 1973

A Thousand and One Nights
Director · 1969

Astro Boy
Director · 1963

Cleopatra: Queen of Sex
Director · 1970

Oshin
Director · 1984

Tales of a Street Corner
Director · 1962

Jungle Emperor
Director · 1966
MALE
Director · 1962

Astro Boy: The Brave In Space
Director · 1964

Odin: Starlight Mutiny
Director · 1985

Izumo
Director · 1991

Pelican Road Club Culture
Director · 1986

Leo the Lion
Director · 1966

Little Wansa
Director · 1973

Little Wansa
Director · 1989

By the Time the Moon Rises
Director · 1991

Tokai no Butchy
Director · 1995

One Arm
Director · 2019
Writing

Belladonna of Sadness
Writer · 1973

Space Battleship Yamato
Writer · 1974

Space Battleship Yamato
Writer · 1977

Yamato 2520
Writer · 1995

Giant Robo: The Day the Earth Stood Still
Writer · 1992

Final Yamato
Screenplay · 1983

The Sensualist
Screenplay · 1991
MALE
Writer · 1962

Astro Boy: The Brave In Space
Writer · 1964

Izumo
Screenplay · 1991

Pelican Road Club Culture
Writer · 1986

Little Wansa
Writer · 1989
