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Kihachirō Kawamoto (川本 喜八郎, Kawamoto Kihachirō, January 11, 1925 – August 23, 2010) 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.
Sep 5, 2010 · Kihachiro Kawamoto, who has died aged 85, was best known in Japan for creating the vast array of puppets populating the live-action historical television series Romance of the Three Kingdoms...
Apr 28, 2021 · A paper by Rayna Denison on the works of Kihachirō Kawamoto, a pioneer of independent Japanese animation. She explores his use of puppets, folklore, abstraction and transnational influences in his early and later films.
A tribute to the influential Japanese puppet maker and stop-motion animator, who created works inspired by traditional theatrical forms and Buddhism. Learn about his career, collaborations, awards and legacy in this web exclusive article.
Aug 27, 2010 · After travelling to Europe to learn the art of puppet animation, Kawamoto blossomed into a true artist. Kawamoto during the production of The Book of the Dead. The first half of Kawamoto’s career was led by a fortunate series of circumstances.
Kihachiro Kawamoto (1925-2010) and Tadanari Okamoto (1932-1990) were artists who each left unparalleled achievements in Japanese animated film, particularly in stop-action animation. Both studied under Tadahito Mochinaga, who laid the genre’s foundation in Japan, but their subsequent paths diverged substantially.
Learn about the life and work of Kihachiro Kawamoto, a pioneer of stop motion puppet animation in Japan. He talks about his influences, his feature film The Book of the Dead, and his passion for relieving the souls of the dead.
