birth_date yearsactive article_title name occupation
22 november 1940 1959 -- 2001 eiichi yamamoto
 eiichi yamamoto film director , screenwriter , animator
eiichi yamamoto

eiichi yamamoto -lrb- born 22 november 1940 -rrb- is a japanese film director and screenwriter of anime .
he is known directing the animerama film series for osamu tezuka .
yamamoto directed ten films between 1962 and 1986 .
his 1973 film `` kanashimi no belladonna '' was entered into the 23rd berlin international film festival .
besides film work yamamoto also served as director on the tv anime , `` space battleship yamato '' as well as wrote the screenplay for the 1977 film adaptation .
