Eiichi Yamamoto

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.

  • Title: Eiichi Yamamoto
  • Popularity: 4.148
  • Known For: Directing
  • Birthday: 1940-11-22
  • Place of Birth: Kyoto, Japan
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  • Also Known As: 山本 暎一
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Eiichi Yamamoto Movies

  • 2016
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    Belladonna of Sadness: Eiichi Yamamoto interview

    Belladonna of Sadness: Eiichi Yamamoto interview

    1 2016 HD

    Interview with Director Eiichi Yamamoto

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  • 1991
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    The Sensualist

    The Sensualist

    6.4 1991 HD

    A story of a man’s erotic experiences since the age of seven, based on the seventeenth-century novel “Koushoko Ichidai Otoko” by...

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  • 2012
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    Animation Maestro Gisaburo

    Animation Maestro Gisaburo

    7 2012 HD

    A master of Japanese animation, Gisaburo Sugii talks candidly about his career and creative process in this rare and exciting piece of film.

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  • 1973
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    Belladonna of Sadness

    Belladonna of Sadness

    7.3 1973 HD

    An evil feudal lord rapes a village girl on her wedding night and proceeds to ruin her and her husband's lives. After she's eventually banished from...

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  • 1991
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    The Sensualist

    The Sensualist

    6.4 1991 HD

    A story of a man’s erotic experiences since the age of seven, based on the seventeenth-century novel “Koushoko Ichidai Otoko” by...

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  • 1977
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    Space Battleship Yamato

    Space Battleship Yamato

    8.7 1977 HD

    When vile aliens known as the Gamilons wreak nuclear havoc on Earth, a group of survivors refit the Japanese battleship Yamato for intergalactic...

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  • 1970
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    Cleopatra: Queen of Sex

    Cleopatra: Queen of Sex

    5.6 1970 HD

    Three people from the future, who travel spiritually to the era of the Egyptian queen Cleopatra VII Philopator and her Roman lovers Julius Caesar and...

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  • 1989
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    Little Wansa

    Little Wansa

    1 1989 HD

    The hero of Wansa-kun was Wansa, a husky puppy who is sold for a pittance, then escapes, and spends much time looking for his mother. During his...

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  • 1989
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    Little Wansa

    Little Wansa

    1 1989 HD

    The hero of Wansa-kun was Wansa, a husky puppy who is sold for a pittance, then escapes, and spends much time looking for his mother. During his...

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  • 1969
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    A Thousand and One Nights

    A Thousand and One Nights

    6.8 1969 HD

    Aldin, a vagabond water vendor, embarks of a series of fantastical and tragic misadventures through the Middle East in search of love, fortune, and...

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  • 1992
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    Giant Robo: The Day the Earth Stood Still

    Giant Robo: The Day the Earth Stood Still

    7.2 1992 HD

    An adolescent with the ability to control a looming war-golem becomes entangled in the Experts of Justice's fight against the infamous group Big Fire.

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  • 1962
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    Tales of a Street Corner

    Tales of a Street Corner

    5.6 1962 HD

    The sad and happy times of a young girl and her bear doll, a young mouse and his family, a sycamore tree, an old lamp post, a hoodlum moth and an...

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  • 1989
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    Urotsukidōji: Legend of the Overfiend

    Urotsukidōji: Legend of the Overfiend

    6 1989 HD

    Legend has it that the human race is not the only dominant civilization living on Earth. Two other races exist in this world: the Makai (a demon...

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  • 1962
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    Osu

    Osu

    5.4 1962 HD

    A man is sitting in a dark room, looking anxious, while his tomcat explains the man why he needs some privacy.

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  • 1986
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    Pelican Road Club Culture

    Pelican Road Club Culture

    1 1986 HD

    Kenichi Watanabe, a high school student nuts about his MBX50. He and his friends set up a bike club called Culture, and this story chronicles their...

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  • 1962
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    Osu

    Osu

    5.4 1962 HD

    A man is sitting in a dark room, looking anxious, while his tomcat explains the man why he needs some privacy.

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  • 1964
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    Astro Boy: The Brave In Space

    Astro Boy: The Brave In Space

    7.5 1964 HD

    Compilation of Episodes 46, 56 and 71 from the 1963 Astro Boy series that were reproduced in color for this theater version.

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  • 1966
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    Jungle Emperor

    Jungle Emperor

    6 1966 HD

    The story of a white lion cub growing to become the king of the jungle. The movie is an edited version of the 1965 Japanese television series of the...

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  • 1991
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    By the Time the Moon Rises

    By the Time the Moon Rises

    1 1991 HD

    A father and daughter in Japan climb to the top of a ridge to watch the moonrise. As they wail, an old man tells them his story. An adaptation of...

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  • 1962
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    Tales of a Street Corner

    Tales of a Street Corner

    5.6 1962 HD

    The sad and happy times of a young girl and her bear doll, a young mouse and his family, a sycamore tree, an old lamp post, a hoodlum moth and an...

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  • 1995
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    Tokai no Butchy

    Tokai no Butchy

    1 1995 HD

    Short anime made by Tezuka Productions.

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  • 1973
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    Belladonna of Sadness

    Belladonna of Sadness

    7.3 1973 HD

    An evil feudal lord rapes a village girl on her wedding night and proceeds to ruin her and her husband's lives. After she's eventually banished from...

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  • 1985
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    Odin: Starlight Mutiny

    Odin: Starlight Mutiny

    4.6 1985 HD

    Odin centers around the novice crew of the laser sailing space schooner Starlight as they embark on an historic interstellar test flight. They are...

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  • 1962
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    Tales of a Street Corner

    Tales of a Street Corner

    5.6 1962 HD

    The sad and happy times of a young girl and her bear doll, a young mouse and his family, a sycamore tree, an old lamp post, a hoodlum moth and an...

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  • 1964
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    Astro Boy: The Brave In Space

    Astro Boy: The Brave In Space

    7.5 1964 HD

    Compilation of Episodes 46, 56 and 71 from the 1963 Astro Boy series that were reproduced in color for this theater version.

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  • 1991
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    By the Time the Moon Rises

    By the Time the Moon Rises

    1 1991 HD

    A father and daughter in Japan climb to the top of a ridge to watch the moonrise. As they wail, an old man tells them his story. An adaptation of...

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  • 1991
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    By the Time the Moon Rises

    By the Time the Moon Rises

    1 1991 HD

    A father and daughter in Japan climb to the top of a ridge to watch the moonrise. As they wail, an old man tells them his story. An adaptation of...

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  • 1984
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    Oshin

    Oshin

    7.5 1984 HD

    Oshin comes from a family of poor rice farmers. Her father and brother must work in the fields and her grandmother and mother, who is expecting...

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  • 2019
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    One Arm

    One Arm

    1 2019 HD

    A woman lends an admirer her arm for the course of one night for him to find pleasure with it... An eerie erotic short story by Nobel Prize laureat...

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  • 2019
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    One Arm

    One Arm

    1 2019 HD

    A woman lends an admirer her arm for the course of one night for him to find pleasure with it... An eerie erotic short story by Nobel Prize laureat...

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  • 1983
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    Final Yamato

    Final Yamato

    7 1983 HD

    The Galman Empire is destroyed but the planet Galmania is not, by a chance collision of galaxies. The Bolar Federation worlds including Planet Bolar...

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  • 1970
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    1 1970 HD

    Leo the Lion is a sequel to the Japanese-American co-produced series "Jungle Emperor", or Kimba the White Lion. Osamu Tezuka had always wanted his...

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  • 1970
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    5.5 1970 HD

    A historical fantasy set in third century (i.e., mythical) Japan. It tells the story of Izumo, the young prince of Nakatsukuni. He's not very...

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  • 1970
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    5.5 1970 HD

    A historical fantasy set in third century (i.e., mythical) Japan. It tells the story of Izumo, the young prince of Nakatsukuni. He's not very...

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  • 1970
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    1 1970 HD

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  • 1970
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    7.1 1970 HD

    In the year 2000, Dr. Boyton creates a super-robot in his deceased son's image. He calls the robot Astro Boy. Astro Boy can swim oceans, leap over...

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  • 1970
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    7 1970 HD

    Yamato 2520 was Yoshinobu Nishizaki's attempt at a sequel to Space Battleship Yamato, set several hundred years after the original series. However,...

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