Eiichi Yamamoto
November 22, 1940 · 85 years old
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 Belladon…
Known For
3 titles
Belladonna of Sadness
After being raped by an evil feudal lord and subsequently getting banished from her village, a peasant girl makes a pact with the Devil to gain magical powers and take her revenge.
A Thousand & One Nights
Aldin, a vagabond water vendor, embarks on a series of fantastical and tragic misadventures through the Middle East in search of love, fortune, and power.
Kimba, the White Lion
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 same name based on the eponymous 1950s manga.