About

Known credits:
29
Birthday:
1925-01-11
Place of birth:
Tokyo, Japan
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Kihachiro Kawamoto

Overview

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)

Known for

Directing
2014 The Exquisite Short Films of Kihachiro Kawamoto Directing Director N/A
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2005 The Book of the Dead Directing Director 59
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2003 Winter Days Directing Series Director 58
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2003 Winter Days Directing Director 58
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1991 The Restaurant of Many Orders Directing Director 59
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1990 Briar-Rose or the Sleeping Beauty Directing Director 58
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1989 Animated Self-Portraits Directing Director 58
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1988 To Shoot Without Shooting Directing Director 59
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1988 Self Portrait Directing Director 59
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1981 Rennyo and His Mother Directing Director N/A
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1979 House of Flames Directing Director 59
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1976 Dojoji Temple Directing Director 59
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1974 A Poet's Life Directing Director 59
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1973 The Trip Directing Director 59
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1972 The Demon Directing Director 59
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1970 Anthropo-Cynical Farce Directing Director 59
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1968 Breaking of Branches is Forbidden Directing Director 59
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Writing
2003 Winter Days Writing Writer 58
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1989 Animated Self-Portraits Writing Writer 58
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1988 To Shoot Without Shooting Writing Writer 59
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1979 House of Flames Writing Screenplay 59
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1976 Dojoji Temple Writing Screenplay 59
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1974 A Poet's Life Writing Screenplay 59
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1972 The Demon Writing Screenplay 59
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Production
1972 The Demon Production Producer 59
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Art
1993 Historical Puppet Spectacle: The Tale of the Heike Art Art Direction N/A
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Visual Effects
1981 Rennyo and His Mother Visual Effects Animation N/A
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1979 House of Flames Visual Effects Animation 59
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1972 The Demon Visual Effects Animation 59
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