Biography
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-ed 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)
Filmography
all 17
Movies 16
Director 16
TV Shows 1
Director
The Book of the Dead (2005)
Movie
Director / Series Director / Writer
Winter Days (2003)
Movie
Writer / Director
Animated Self-Portraits (1989)
Movie
Director
Self Portrait (1988)
Movie
Director
Rennyo and His Mother (1981)
Movie
Director
House of Flames (1979)
Movie
Director
Dojoji Temple (1976)
Movie
Director
A Poet's Life (1974)
Movie
Director
The Trip (1973)
Movie
Director
The Demon (1972)
Movie
Director
Anthropo-Cynical Farce (1970)
Movie
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Known For
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1925-01-11
Deathday
2010-08-23 (85 years old)
Birth Place
Shibuya-ku, Japan
Citizenships
Empire of Japan, Japan
Awards
Order of the Rising Sun, 4th class, Winsor McCay Award, Annie Award
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