Kihachiro Kawamoto

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)

  • Title: Kihachiro Kawamoto
  • Popularity: 1.857
  • Known For: Directing
  • Birthday: 1925-01-11
  • Place of Birth: Tokyo, Japan
  • Homepage: http://www.sakuraeiga.com/kihachiro/index2.htm
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Kihachiro Kawamoto Movies

  • 2005
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    The Book of the Dead

    The Book of the Dead

    6.2 2005 HD

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  • 1974
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    A Poet's Life

    A Poet's Life

    6.8 1974 HD

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  • 1974
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    A Poet's Life

    A Poet's Life

    6.8 1974 HD

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  • 2003
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    Winter Days

    Winter Days

    5.7 2003 HD

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  • 1972
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    The Demon

    The Demon

    6.4 1972 HD

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  • 1972
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    The Demon

    The Demon

    6.4 1972 HD

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  • 1979
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    House of Flames

    House of Flames

    5.9 1979 HD

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  • 1979
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    House of Flames

    House of Flames

    5.9 1979 HD

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  • 1976
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    Dojoji Temple

    Dojoji Temple

    6.5 1976 HD

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  • 1976
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    Dojoji Temple

    Dojoji Temple

    6.5 1976 HD

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  • 1991
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    The Restaurant of Many Orders

    The Restaurant of Many Orders

    6.3 1991 HD

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  • 1990
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    Briar-Rose or the Sleeping Beauty

    Briar-Rose or the Sleeping Beauty

    6.2 1990 HD

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  • 1972
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    The Demon

    The Demon

    6.4 1972 HD

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  • 1972
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    The Demon

    The Demon

    6.4 1972 HD

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  • 1979
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    House of Flames

    House of Flames

    5.9 1979 HD

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  • 1973
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    The Trip

    The Trip

    5.8 1973 HD

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  • 1970
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    Anthropo-Cynical Farce

    Anthropo-Cynical Farce

    6.2 1970 HD

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  • 1968
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    Breaking of Branches is Forbidden

    Breaking of Branches is Forbidden

    6 1968 HD

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  • 1988
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    Self Portrait

    Self Portrait

    5.429 1988 HD

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  • 1981
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    Rennyo and His Mother

    Rennyo and His Mother

    1 1981 HD

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  • 2014
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    The Exquisite Short Films of Kihachiro Kawamoto

    The Exquisite Short Films of Kihachiro Kawamoto

    1 2014 HD

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  • 1988
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    To Shoot Without Shooting

    To Shoot Without Shooting

    7.4 1988 HD

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  • 1988
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    To Shoot Without Shooting

    To Shoot Without Shooting

    7.4 1988 HD

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  • 1989
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    Animated Self-Portraits

    Animated Self-Portraits

    5.7 1989 HD

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  • 1989
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    Animated Self-Portraits

    Animated Self-Portraits

    5.7 1989 HD

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  • 1981
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    Rennyo and His Mother

    Rennyo and His Mother

    1 1981 HD

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  • 2003
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    Winter Days

    Winter Days

    5.7 2003 HD

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  • 2003
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    Winter Days

    Winter Days

    5.7 2003 HD

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  • 1970
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    10 1970 HD

    A stop-motion animated TV series based on the novel by Eiji Yoshikawa, featuring puppet art by Kihachirō Kawamoto. This is a historical picture...

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