Director · born January 11, 1925 · died August 23, 2010 · Tokyo, Japan
Kihachiro Kawamoto
Kihachirō Kawamoto (川本 喜八郎) was a Japanese puppet designer and maker, independent film director, screenwriter and animator and president of the Japan Animation Association from 1989, succeeding founder Osamu Tezuka, until his own death. He is best-remembered in Japan as designer of the puppets for the long-running NHK live action television series of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms in the early 1980s and The Tale of the Heike in the 1990s but better-known internationally for his own animated short films, the majority of which are model animation but which also include the cutout animation Tabi and Shijin no Shōgai and mixed media, French-language Farce anthropo-cynique. (Wikipedia)
Behind the camera (25)
The Book of the DeadMovie · 2005 · Director
Winter DaysMovie · 2003 · Director- Winter DaysMovie · 2003 · Writer
- Winter DaysMovie · 2003 · Series Director
The Restaurant of Many OrdersMovie · 1991 · Supervising Animation Director
Briar-Rose or the Sleeping BeautyMovie · 1990 · Director
Self PortraitMovie · 1988 · Director
Rennyo and His MotherMovie · 1981 · Director- Rennyo and His MotherMovie · 1981 · Animation
House of FlamesMovie · 1979 · Director- House of FlamesMovie · 1979 · Screenplay
- House of FlamesMovie · 1979 · Animation
Dojoji TempleMovie · 1976 · Director- Dojoji TempleMovie · 1976 · Screenplay
A Poet's LifeMovie · 1974 · Director- A Poet's LifeMovie · 1974 · Screenplay
The TripMovie · 1973 · Director
The DemonMovie · 1972 · Screenplay- The DemonMovie · 1972 · Director
- The DemonMovie · 1972 · Producer
- The DemonMovie · 1972 · Animation
- Anthropo-Cynical FarceMovie · 1970 · Director
The Breaking of Branches Is ForbiddenMovie · 1968 · Director- The Breaking of Branches Is ForbiddenMovie · 1968 · Writer
- Little Black Sambo versus the TigerMovie · 1956 · Producer