Seitaro Kitayama
Personal Info
Known For Director
Gender Male
Birthday 1888-03-02
Deathday 1945-02-13 (56 years old)
Place of Birth Wakayama, Japan
Also Known As 北山清太郎
Seitaro Kitayama
Biography
Seitarō Kitayama was an early Japanese animation director whose work includes the first examples of commercial production of anime. Kitayama was referred to as one of the fathers of anime by Yoshirō Irie, a researcher at Japan's National Film Center.
Known For
Director
1923
Dental Health
as Director
1918
Tarou no Banpei - Senkoutei no Maki
as Director
1918
Momotaro
as Director
1918
Urashima Tarō
as Director
1917
The Battle of the Monkey and the Crab
as Director
1917
Old Man Hanasaka
as Director
Art
1917
The Battle of the Monkey and the Crab
as Conceptual Design
Visual Effects
1917
The Battle of the Monkey and the Crab
as Animation