Eiichi Yamamoto

おしん

Eiichi Yamamoto

Ayako Kobayashi, Pinko Izumi

Oshin comes from a family of poor rice farmers. Her father and brother must work in the fields and her grandmother and mother, who is expecting another child, barely have enough to eat. In order to make ends meet for her family, 7-year-old Oshin gives up school and decides to become a servant in the household of a wealthy family, where she faces trials and tribulation beyond her worst fears.

Belladonna of Sadness

Eiichi Yamamoto

Aiko Nagayama, Tatsuya Nakadai

An evil feudal lord rapes a village girl on her wedding night and proceeds to ruin her and her husband's lives. After she's eventually banished from her village, the girl makes a pact with the devil to gain magical ability and take revenge.

ある街角の物語

Yuusaku Sakamoto, Eiichi Yamamoto

The sad and happy times of a young girl and her bear doll, a young mouse and his family, a sycamore tree, an old lamp post, a hoodlum moth and an alleyway full of posters coming to life.

鉄腕アトム・宇宙の勇者

Fuyunori Gobu, Rintaro

Compilation of Episodes 46, 56 and 71 from the 1963 Astro Boy series that were reproduced in color for this theater version.

井原西鶴　好色一代男

Yukio Abe

Masao Imanishi, Minori Matsushima

A story of a man’s erotic experiences since the age of seven, based on the seventeenth-century novel “Koushoko Ichidai Otoko” by Saikaku Ihara.

千夜一夜物語

Eiichi Yamamoto

Yukio Aoshima, Kyōko Kishida

Aldin, a vagabond water vendor, embarks of a series of fantastical and tragic misadventures through the Middle East in search of love, fortune, and power.

アニメ師・杉井ギサブロー

Masato Ishioka

Gisaburō Sugii, Yasuo Ōtsuka

A master of Japanese animation, Gisaburo Sugii talks candidly about his career and creative process in this rare and exciting piece of film.

クレオパトラ

Eiichi Yamamoto, Osamu Tezuka

Chinatsu Nakayama, Hajime Hana

Three people from the future, who travel spiritually to the era of the Egyptian queen Cleopatra VII Philopator and her Roman lovers Julius Caesar and Mark Antony, become their closest friends as they try to unravel the nature of the plan developed in their own time by a sinister enemy.

片腕

Gisaburō Sugii, Eiichi Yamamoto

Shin-ichiro Miki, Romi Park

A woman lends an admirer her arm for the course of one night for him to find pleasure with it... An eerie erotic short story by Nobel Prize laureat Kawabata Yasunari is turned into minimalist animation of dazzling beauty indebted to Alfons Maria Mucha. A true gem created by two anime giants.

Osu

Eiichi Yamamoto

A man is sitting in a dark room, looking anxious, while his tomcat explains the man why he needs some privacy.

月がのぼるまでに

Eiichi Yamamoto

Tetsuya Takeda, Kōhei Miyauchi

A father and daughter in Japan climb to the top of a ridge to watch the moonrise. As they wail, an old man tells them his story. An adaptation of Tetsuya Takeda's story about the relationship between a Japanese child and an American soldier.

Belladonna of Sadness: Eiichi Yamamoto interview

Eiichi Yamamoto

Interview with Director Eiichi Yamamoto

イズモ

Eiichi Yamamoto

A historical fantasy set in third century (i.e., mythical) Japan. It tells the story of Izumo, the young prince of Nakatsukuni. He's not very interested in studying, unlike his cousin Dekiru; instead, he wants to see the wider world. One day, a mysterious girl named Sanae shows up as a stowaway on an airship. Although nominally from Yamataikoku, she is actually from the Naga, a shadowy people possessing magical powers. Sanae is kidnapped by Takeru, a warrior from the rival kingdom of Akusa, and placed at the mercy of the evil witch Yomihime. Izumo, helped by an orphaned glider pilot named Navi, must now take up the sacred sword of his country, master its powers, and rescue Sanae. However, before that, he must defeat the reawakened eight-headed snake of legend, Yamata-no-Orochi.

ワンサくん

Eiichi Yamamoto

Noriko Ohara, Kaneta Kimotsuki

The hero of Wansa-kun was Wansa, a husky puppy who is sold for a pittance, then escapes, and spends much time looking for his mother. During his adventures on the street he meets friends, enemies and his beloved girlfriend. This OVA reunites the complete series aired on TV.

ペリカンロード　クラブ・カルーチャ

Eiichi Yamamoto

Mami Koyama, Akira Kamiya

Kenichi Watanabe, a high school student nuts about his MBX50. He and his friends set up a bike club called Culture, and this story chronicles their adventures on the journey towards adult life.

Tokai no Butchy

Eiichi Yamamoto

Short anime made by Tezuka Productions.