Eiichi Yamamoto

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.
Crew

Belladonna of Sadness
Director, Writer

The Sensualist
Screenplay

Space Battleship Yamato
Writer

Cleopatra: Queen of Sex
Director

Little Wansa
Director, Writer

A Thousand and One Nights
Director

Giant Robo: The Day the Earth Stood Still
Writer

Tales of a Street Corner
Director, Editor, Key Animation

Urotsukidōji: Legend of the Overfiend
Supervising Animator
Osu
Director, Writer

Pelican Road Club Culture
Director, Writer

Astro Boy: The Brave In Space
Writer, Director

Jungle Emperor
Director

By the Time the Moon Rises
Director, Writer, Storyboard

Tokai no Butchy
Director

Odin: Starlight Mutiny
Director

Oshin
Director

One Arm
Director, Writer

Final Yamato
Screenplay
Till a City Beneath the Sea is Built
Director

