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Eiichi Yamamoto was a Japanese amine pioneer who directed and co-wrote classics of the genre including “Belladonna of Sadness,” “Astro Boy” and “Kimba the White Lion.”Eiichi Yamamoto often worked with “Father of Anime” Osamu Tezuka, the artist and animator who created genre-defining classics including the 1960s TV series “Astro Boy” and “Kimba the White Lion.” Their collaborations also include the adult anime films “One Thousand and One Arabian Nights” and “Cleopatra.” Yamamoto worked on several projects without Tezuka, including the psychedelic cult classic “Belladonna of Sadness” and the TV series “Little Wansa.” He wrote screenplays for anime films including “Space Battleship Yamoto” and “The Sensualist.” Yamamoto also wrote the memoir

Richard Kuipers Based on a ’70s manga by Japanese master Osamu Tezuka, a bored writer’s affair with his beguiling young muse gets the live-action treatment in “Tezuka’s Barbara.” Primarily concerned with the story’s excursions into erotic surrealism and the occult while playing down its social and political themes, this handsomely packaged item isn’t deep or meaningful but does present a visually arresting account of middle-aged male ennui colliding with uninhibited and irresistible female energy.