Tadanari Okamoto

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

-

Birthday

1932-01-11 (58 years old)

Deathday

1990-02-16

Place of Birth

Toyonaka, Japan

Tadanari Okamoto

Biography

Tadanari Okamoto (岡本 忠成) was a Japanese independent animator. From 1965 until his death he completed at least 37 short subject films in a wide variety of mediums, many of them winning award-winning, his honorific nicknamed "Sheldon Cohen and Hans Fischerkoesen of Japan." Eight of his films have been awarded the Ōfuji Noburō Award at the Mainichi Film Awards (more than any other director in the history of the prize) and his films have altogether earned at least 24 other awards internationally. In 2003, four of his films placed in a list of the best 150 animated films and series as voted for by practitioners and critics of animation from around...

Production

1972

Monkey and Crab

as Director

1965

1982

The Magic Ballad

as Director

1971

December Song

as Director

1976

Who's That?

as Director

1974

1976

1971

Chikotan

as Director

1981

Old Frypan

as Director

1982

1970

Home My Home

as Director

1968

1960

Mirror

as Director

1966

1986

1993

1975

The Water Seed

as Director

1972

1977

1980

Be Quiet Please!

as Director

1978

1981

White Elephant

as Director

1976

1975

Urameshi Denwa

as Director

1980

1966

Welcome, Aliens

as Director

1978

1979

Beautiful Name

as Director

1965

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