Kihachirō Kawamoto

Since beginning his career in his early twenties as a production design assistant under So Matsuyama in the art department of Toho in 1946, In 2003, he was responsible for overseeing the Winter Days (Fuyu no Hi) project, in which 35 of the world's top animators each worked on a two-minute segment inspired by the renka couplets of celebrated poet Matsuo Bashō. The project received the Grand Prize in the Animation Division of the Japan Media Arts Festival in 2003.

Feature films

DVD releases

Short films Title Format Region Distributor Series Date Catalogue # Subtitles NTSC All Pioneer Corporation New Animation Animation 2002.7.10 PIBA-3032 English, Japanese NTSC All Geneon New Animation Animation 2007.1.25 GNBA-3034 English, Japanese The Exquisite Short Films of Kihachiro Kawamoto NTSC 1 Kino International The KimStim Collection 2008.4.22 KV623DVD English

Winter Days See Winter Days.

The Book of the Dead Title Format Region Distributor Series Date Catalogue # Subtitles NTSC 2 Geneon New Animation Animation 2007.10.24 GNBA-3062 None The Book of the Dead NTSC 1 Kino International The KimStim Collection 2008.4.22 KV613DVD English