was a Japanese

film director A film director or filmmaker is a person who controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfillment of that Goal, vision. The director has a key role ...

and

screenwriter A screenwriter (also called scriptwriter, scribe, or scenarist) is a person who practices the craft of writing for visual mass media, known as screenwriting. These can include short films, feature-length films, television programs, television ...

anime is a Traditional animation, hand-drawn and computer animation, computer-generated animation originating from Japan. Outside Japan and in English, ''anime'' refers specifically to animation produced in Japan. However, , in Japan and in Ja ...

. He is known for directing the

Animerama is a trilogy of thematically related adult anime feature films originally conceived and initiated by Osamu Tezuka and made at his Mushi Production animation studio from the late 1960s to early 1970s. As well as the erotic themes, they are a ...

film series conceived by

Osamu Tezuka Osamu Tezuka (, born , ''Tezuka Osamu'', – 9 February 1989) was a Japanese manga artist, cartoonist and animator. Considered to be among the greatest and most influential cartoonists of all time, his prolific output, pioneering techniques an ...

. Yamamoto directed ten films between 1962 and 1986. His 1973 film '' Kanashimi no Belladonna'' was entered into the

23rd Berlin International Film Festival The 23rd Berlin International Film Festival was held from 22 June to 3 July 1973. The Golden Bear was awarded to '' Distant Thunder'', directed by Satyajit Ray. Juries The following people were announced as being on the jury for the festival: ...

. Besides film work, Yamamoto also served as screenwriter on the anime television series ''

Space Battleship Yamato is a Japanese science fiction anime series written by Yoshinobu Nishizaki, directed by manga artist Leiji Matsumoto, and produced by Academy Productions. The series aired in Yomiuri TV from October 6, 1974 to March 30, 1975, totaling u ...

'' and wrote the screenplay for its 1977 film adaptation.

Selected filmography

* ''

Astro Boy ''Astro Boy'', known in Japan as , is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Osamu Tezuka. It was serialized in Kobunsha's ''Shōnen'' from 1952 to 1968. The 112 chapters were collected into 23 volumes by Akita Shoten. Da ...

'' (1963) (director, writer) (TV) * ''

Kimba the White Lion ''Kimba the White Lion'', known in Japan as , is a Japanese ''shōnen manga, shōnen'' manga series written and illustrated by Osamu Tezuka which was serialized in the ''Manga Shōnen'' magazine from November 1950 to April 1954. An ani ...

'' (1966) (director, producer, writer) (TV) * '' One Thousand and One Arabian Nights'' (1969) (director) * ''

Cleopatra Cleopatra VII Thea Philopator (; The name Cleopatra is pronounced , or sometimes in both British and American English, see and respectively. Her name was pronounced in the Greek dialect of Egypt (see Koine Greek phonology). She was ...

'' (1970) (director) * '' Kanashimi no Belladonna'' (1973) (director, writer) * ''

Little Wansa is a mascot for Sanwa Bank designed by Osamu Tezuka. It was later turned into a manga series (which was left unfinished) by Tezuka in 1971, and later a complete anime series in 1973. The hero of ''Wansa-kun'' was Wansa, a puppy who is sold f ...

'' (1973) (director) (TV) * ''

'' (1974-1975) (supervising director, writer) (TV) * ''

'' (1977) (screenplay) * '' Odin: Photon Sailer Starlight'' (1985) (director, screenplay) * ''

The Sensualist is a Japanese adult animated historical drama film based on part of the 17th century novel of the same name by Ihara Saikaku was a Japanese poet and creator of the " floating world" genre of Japanese prose (''ukiyo-zōshi''). His born ...

'' (1991) (screenplay)

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