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Kihachiro Kawamoto

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Born: January 11, 1925 in 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 the long-running NHK live action television series of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms in the early ...

All Credits19 Titles

Film

18 Titles
Winter Days
6.0
FILM
Winter Days2003
Rennyo and His Mother
9.0
FILM
Rennyo and His Mother1981
Briar-Rose or the Sleeping Beauty
6.4
FILM
Briar-Rose or the Sleeping Beauty1990
Dojoji Temple
6.3
FILM
Dojoji Temple1976
The Book of the Dead
6.5
FILM
The Book of the Dead2005
The Demon
6.3
FILM
The Demon1972
The Restaurant of Many Orders
6.4
FILM
The Restaurant of Many Orders1991
The Breaking of Branches Is Forbidden
6.8
FILM
The Breaking of Branches Is Forbidden1968
A Poet's Life
6.5
FILM
A Poet's Life1974
Self Portrait
5.8
FILM
Self Portrait1988
To Shoot Without Shooting
7.1
FILM
To Shoot Without Shooting1988
House of Flames
5.8
FILM
House of Flames1979
Anthropo-Cynical Farce
6.7
FILM
Anthropo-Cynical Farce1970
Animated Self-Portraits
6.1
FILM
Animated Self-Portraits1989
The Exquisite Short Films of Kihachiro Kawamoto
FILM
The Exquisite Short Films of Kihachiro Kawamoto2014
Little Black Sambo versus the Tiger
FILM
Little Black Sambo versus the Tiger1956

Series

1 Title
Historical Puppet Spectacle: The Tale of the Heike
10.0
SERIES
Historical Puppet Spectacle: The Tale of the Heike1993–
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