Kihachiro Kawamoto
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
DirectingBirthday
January 11, 1925Deathday
August 23, 2010Gender
MaleKnown Movie Credits
16Place of birth
Tokyo, JapanCrew credits
The Book of the Dead
DirectorA Poet's Life
Screenplay, DirectorWinter Days
Director, Series Director, WriterThe Demon
Screenplay, Director, Producer, AnimationHouse of Flames
Screenplay, Director, AnimationDojoji Temple
Director, ScreenplayThe Restaurant of Many Orders
DirectorBriar-Rose or the Sleeping Beauty
DirectorThe Trip
DirectorSelf Portrait
DirectorRennyo and His Mother
Director, AnimationThe Exquisite Short Films of Kihachiro Kawamoto
DirectorTo Shoot Without Shooting
Director, WriterAnimated Self-Portraits
Writer, Director