Kihachiro Kawamoto

Kihachiro Kawamoto

Personal Info

Known For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

11/01/1925

Day of Death

23/08/2010
(85) years old

Place of Birth

Tokyo, Japan

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-remembered in Japan as designer of the puppets for t... Read More

Filmography

Crew

2005

The Book of the Dead

as Director

2003

Winter Days

as Director

2003

Winter Days

as Series Director

2003

Winter Days

as Writer

1988

Self Portrait

as Director

1981

Rennyo and His Mother

as Director

1981

Rennyo and His Mother

as Animation

1979

House of Flames

as Director

1979

House of Flames

as Screenplay

1979

House of Flames

as Animation

1976

Dojoji Temple

as Director

1976

Dojoji Temple

as Screenplay

1974

A Poet's Life

as Director

1974

A Poet's Life

as Screenplay

1973

The Trip

as Director

1972

The Demon

as Director

1972

The Demon

as Screenplay

1972

The Demon

as Animation

1972

The Demon

as Producer

1970

Anthropo-Cynical Farce

as Director