Eiichi Yamamoto

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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.

Most Popular Eiichi Yamamoto Trailers

Total trailers found: 22

Urotsukidōji: Legend of the Overfiend Trailer (1989)

18 March 1989

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 race) and the Jujinkai (a half-man, half-beast race).

MALE Trailer (1962)

05 November 1962

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

A Thousand and One Nights Trailer (1969)

14 June 1969

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

Odin: Starlight Mutiny Trailer (1985)

10 August 1985

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

Space Battleship Yamato Trailer (1977)

06 August 1977

When vile aliens known as the Gamilons wreak nuclear havoc on Earth, a group of survivors refit the Japanese battleship Yamato for intergalactic travel and set off on a mission to retrieve a neutralizer that will eradicate the radiation from Earth's atmosphere.

Little Wansa Trailer (1989)

21 May 1989

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.

Cleopatra: Queen of Sex Trailer (1970)

15 September 1970

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 Mark Antony, become their closest friends as they try to unravel the nature of the plan developed in their own time by a sinister enemy.

One Arm Trailer (2019)

11 June 2019

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 Kawabata Yasunari is turned into minimalist animation of dazzling beauty indebted to Alfons Maria Mucha.

Belladonna of Sadness Trailer (1973)

30 June 1973

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

Giant Robo: The Day the Earth Stood Still Trailer (1992)

22 July 1992

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.

Pelican Road Club Culture Trailer (1986)

21 June 1986

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 adventures on the journey towards adult life.

The Sensualist Trailer (1991)

18 January 1991

A story of a man's erotic encounter with a courtesan in the 1700s.

Final Yamato Trailer (1983)

19 March 1983

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

Oshin Trailer (1984)

17 March 1984

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 another child, barely have enough to eat.

By the Time the Moon Rises Trailer (1991)

08 November 1991

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.

Animation Maestro Gisaburo Trailer (2012)

28 July 2012

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

Till a City Beneath the Sea is Built Trailer (1969)

02 February 1969

A realistic drama about the life of a young man as he strives to achieve his dream of building an "undersea city", which he considers his life's work.

Jungle Emperor Trailer (1966)

13 July 1966

The story of a white lion cub growing to become the king of the jungle.

Astro Boy: The Brave In Space Trailer (1964)

24 July 1964

Compilation of Episodes 1,2 46, 56 and 71 from the 1963 Astro Boy series that were reproduced in color for this theater version.

Tales of a Street Corner Trailer (1962)

05 November 1962

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 alleyway full of posters coming to life.

Belladonna of Sadness: Eiichi Yamamoto interview Trailer (2016)

12 July 2016

Interview with Director Eiichi Yamamoto

Tokai no Butchy Trailer (1995)

29 June 1995

Short anime made by Tezuka Productions.