Anime director
Kihachirō Kawamoto
Japanese anime director.
Kihachirō Kawamoto was a Japanese puppet designer, independent film director, screenwriter, animator and the second president of the Japan Animation Association, succeeding founder Osamu Tezuka in 1989 and serving until his own death. He is best-remembered in Japan as designer of the puppets for the long-running NHK live action television series of the Puppet theater, the Three Kingdoms in the early 1980s and The Tale of the Heike in the 1990s but better-known internationally for his own animated short films, the majority of which are model animation but which also include the cutout animation Tabi and Shijin no Shōgai and mixed media, French-language Farce anthropo-cynique.
- Born
- 1925-01-11, Shibuya, JapanA Sunday
- Died
- 2010-08-23, Tokyo, JapanA Monday, aged 85
- At birth
- Sun in Capricorn, Moon in Leo
- Nationality
- Japan
- Birth-time source
- No birth time on record: Rodden X
Birth Chart
1925-01-11, Shibuya, Japan · time unknown, noon chart
Asia/Tokyothe zone used then
The chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Capricorn | 20°23′ | Direct |
| Moon | Leo | 1°22′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Sagittarius | 27°53′ | Direct |
| Venus | Sagittarius | 25°14′ | Direct |
| Mars | Aries | 13°55′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Capricorn | 5°27′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Scorpio | 12°49′ | Direct |
| Uranus | Pisces | 18°26′ | Direct |
| Neptune | Leo | 22°00′ | Retrograde |
| Pluto | Cancer | 12°19′ | Retrograde |
Death Chart
2010-08-23, Tokyo, Japan · time unknown, noon chart
Asia/Tokyothe zone used then
The chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Leo | 29°54′ | Direct |
| Moon | Aquarius | 12°36′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Virgo | 18°48′ | Retrograde |
| Venus | Libra | 15°48′ | Direct |
| Mars | Libra | 15°04′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Aries | 1°54′ | Retrograde |
| Saturn | Libra | 3°07′ | Direct |
| Uranus | Pisces | 29°43′ | Retrograde |
| Neptune | Aquarius | 27°13′ | Retrograde |
| Pluto | Capricorn | 2°54′ | Retrograde |
Their Astrocartography
Where each planet sat on one of the four angles at the moment Kihachirō Kawamoto was born. Tap a line to read what the tradition associates with it.
Cast for noon, as the birth time is unknown, so the longitudes are approximate.
