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Nizou Yamamoto

Nizou Yamamoto

ArtActorDirector Jun 27 (died age 70) Fukue, Nagasaki, Japan [now Goto, Nagasaki, Japan] 1971–2024 (53 year career)
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Biography

Nizou Yamamoto (山本 二三, Yamamoto Nizō) was born on 27 June 1953 in Fukue-shi (a town within Gotou City [Gotou-shi]), in Nagasaki Prefecture, and was one of the most well-known anime art directors and background artists in Japan. He was especially famous for his work on several of the Studio Ghibli films directed or produced by Hayao Miyazaki or Isao Takahata including Laputa: Castle in the Sky (1986), Grave of the Fireflies (1988), Only Yesterday (1991), Whisper of the Heart (1995), Princess Mono…

Known For

Spirited Away
Film

Spirited Away

Background Designer
Princess Mononoke
Film

Princess Mononoke

Art Direction
Grave of the Fireflies
Film

Grave of the Fireflies

Art Direction
Castle in the Sky
Film

Castle in the Sky

Art Direction
Perfect Blue
Film

Perfect Blue

Background Designer
Weathering with You
Film

Weathering with You

Painter
Whisper of the Heart
Film

Whisper of the Heart

Background Designer
The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
Film

The Girl Who Leapt Through Time

Art Direction

Filmography

Crew (33)

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