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.
Belladonna of Sadness
(Director)
The Sensualist
(Screenplay)
Space Battleship Yamato
(Writer)
Cleopatra: Queen of Sex
(Director)
Little Wansa
(Writer)
Little Wansa
(Director)
A Thousand and One Nights
(Director)
Giant Robo: The Day the Earth Stood Still
(Writer)
Tales of a Street Corner
(Director)
Urotsukidōji: Legend of the Overfiend
(Supervising Animator)
Osu
(Director)
Pelican Road Club Culture
(Director)
Osu
(Writer)
Astro Boy: The Brave In Space
(Writer)
Jungle Emperor
(Director)
By the Time the Moon Rises
(Director)
Tales of a Street Corner
(Editor)
Tokai no Butchy
(Director)
Belladonna of Sadness
(Writer)
Odin: Starlight Mutiny
(Director)
Tales of a Street Corner
(Key Animation)
Astro Boy: The Brave In Space
(Director)
By the Time the Moon Rises
(Writer)
By the Time the Moon Rises
(Storyboard)
Oshin
(Director)
One Arm
(Director)
One Arm
(Writer)
Final Yamato
(Screenplay)
Leo the Lion
(Director)
Izumo
(Director)
Izumo
(Screenplay)
Little Wansa
(Director)
Astro Boy
(Director)
Yamato 2520
(Writer)