Where to watch Kihachiro Kawamoto in the UK
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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 Ta…
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- Historical Puppet Spectacle: The Tale of the Heike (1993) Art Direction
- Winter Days (2003) Director
- Rennyo and His Mother (1981) Director
- The Book of the Dead (2005) Director
- The Restaurant of Many Orders (1991) Director
- Animated Self-Portraits (1989) Writer
- Briar-Rose or the Sleeping Beauty (1990) Director
- To Shoot Without Shooting (1988) Director
- The Demon (1972) Director
- Dojoji Temple (1976) Director
- Self Portrait (1988) Director
- A Poet's Life (1974) Director
- The Breaking of Branches Is Forbidden (1968) Director
- Anthropo-Cynical Farce (1970) Director
- The Trip (1973) Director
- House of Flames (1979) Director
- The Exquisite Short Films of Kihachiro Kawamoto (2014) Director
- Little Black Sambo and his Twin Brother (1957) Producer
- Little Black Sambo versus the Tiger (1956) Producer
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Most-watched Kihachiro Kawamoto films currently: Winter Days (2003), Rennyo and His Mother (1981), The Book of the Dead (2005), The Restaurant of Many Orders (1991), Animated Self-Portraits (1989).
What TV shows has Kihachiro Kawamoto appeared in?
Selected TV credits: Historical Puppet Spectacle: The Tale of the Heike (1993).
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