Tadanari Okamoto

Directing·Jan 11, 1932·Toyonaka, Japan

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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 the world in a survey commissioned by Tokyo's Laputa Animation Festival: most notably with The Magic Fox (おこんじょうるり, Okon Jōruri, literally "The Ballad Drama of Okon", 1982), which came twenty-eighth.

Film	Credit
Sozai Kara Image no Teichaku Made2009 · Actor, Director	Actor, Director
メメトロポリタン美術館（メトロポリタンミュージアム）1993 · Director	Director
The Restaurant of Many Orders1991 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
ココロは屋根のうえ1986 · Director	Director
A Donkey Got a Bit Sulky1983 · Director	Director
The Magic Ballad1982 · Director	Director
PPeople Come and Go1982 · Director	Director
OOld Frypan1981 · Director	Director
WWhite Elephant1981 · Director	Director
Be Quiet Please!1980 · Director	Director
TThe Forgotten Doll1980 · Director	Director
TThe Soba Flower of Mt. Oni1979 · Director	Director
ビューティフル・ネーム1979 · Director	Director
PPanache the Squirrel1978 · Director	Director
雪雪の日のたより1978 · Director	Director
TTowards the Rainbow1977 · Director	Director
WWho's That?1976 · Director	Director
The Strong Bridge1976 · Director	Director
FFrom Cherry Blossoms with Love1976 · Director	Director
シシンフォニック・バリエーション1976 · Director	Director
オオナカの大きな王子さま1975 · Director	Director
TThe Water Seed1975 · Director	Director
UUrameshi Denwa1975 · Director	Director
FFive Small Stories1974 · Director	Director
PPraise be to Small Ills1973 · Director	Director
TTabi wa Michizure Yo wa Nasake1973 · Director	Director
MMonkey and Crab1972 · Director	Director
The Tree of Courage1972 · Director	Director
CChikotan1971 · Director	Director
December Song1971 · Director	Director
おお淋し谷の別れ唄1971 · Director	Director
The Flower and the Mole1970 · Director	Director
HHome My Home1970 · Director	Director
TTen Little Indians1968 · Director	Director
おおじいちゃんが海賊だった頃1968 · Director	Director
TThe Woodpecker Plan1966 · Director	Director
WWelcome, Aliens1966 · Director	Director
Mysterious Medicine1965 · Director	Director
Mirror1960 · Director	Director