Kihachiro Kawamoto
Directing · Director · Screenplay · Animation
Born Jan 11, 1925 · Tokyo, Japan
Active 1956–2010 · Awards: Order of the Rising Sun, 4th class, Annie Award, Winsor McCay Award
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.
Filmography
Historical Puppet Spectacle: The Tale of the Heike (1993) — Art DirectionThe Restaurant of Many Orders (1991) — Supervising Animation DirectorDojoji Temple (1976) — Director · ScreenplayThe Demon (1972) — Director · Screenplay · Animation · ProducerRennyo and His Mother (1981) — Director · AnimationTo Shoot Without Shooting (1988) — Director · WriterWinter Days (2003) — Director · Series Director · WriterAnimated Self-Portraits (1989) — Writer · DirectorBriar-Rose or the Sleeping Beauty (1990) — DirectorA Poet's Life (1974) — Director · ScreenplayHouse of Flames (1979) — Director · Screenplay · AnimationAnthropo-Cynical Farce (1970) — DirectorThe Book of the Dead (2005) — DirectorThe Breaking of Branches Is Forbidden (1968) — Director · WriterSelf Portrait (1988) — DirectorThe Trip (1973) — DirectorThe Exquisite Short Films of Kihachiro Kawamoto (2014) — DirectorLittle Black Sambo and his Twin Brother (1957) — ProducerLittle Black Sambo versus the Tiger (1956) — Producer