Tadanari Okamoto

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.

Tadanari Okamoto is known for work in directing across film and television. New Release currently presents 24 verified screen credits connected to this profile.

Selected work includes The Restaurant of Many Orders (1991), The Magic Ballad (1982), Mysterious Medicine (1965), Towards the Rainbow (1977), The Water Seed (1975), Home My Home (1970), The Flower and the Mole (1970), From Cherry Blossoms with Love (1976). The recorded credits span 1960 to 1993, including 24 movies and 0 TV shows.

The filmography below lists available titles, release years and known roles. This profile is updated as additional verified information becomes available.