Osamu TezukaFilmography

Occupation:: Director, Screen Story, Screenwriter
Biography:: Distinguished Japanese animator Osamu Tezuka is the creator of the phenomenally popular Astroboy (aka Tetsuwan Atom) in Japan. Tezuka had his first cartoon published in 1946 while he was attending medical school. He began drawing Astroboy in 1951. This became an animated series that was eventually...Read More

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Dororo

Crew: Screen Story

Actors: Kou Shibasaki, Satoshi Tsumabuki

Synopsis: A fierce woman warrior joins a wandering demon hunter on his quest to recover the missing body parts and regain his natural form in director Akihiko Shiota's adaptation of Osamu Tezuka's popular manga of the same name. Years ago, malevolent ruler Daigo Kagemitsu promised to deliver his unborn son Read More

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Martian Successor Nadesico - The Motion Picture: Prince of Darkness

Crew: Composer (Music Score)

Synopsis: Much has changed since the end of the Great War: the Jovians and Earthlings have allied themselves, Ruri is the new captain of the Nadesico B, and Akito and Yurika have completely disappeared. Boson Jumping has become so popular that a mass transportation network is being constructed utilizing Read More

1998
BlackJack: Clinical Chart, Part 2

Crew: Screen Story

Actors: Hiroshi Fujioka

1997
Jungle Emperor Leo

Crew: Screenwriter

Synopsis: Leo, a rare white lion, is not only a proud father and husband, but reigning king of the jungle. His life with Riya, his wife, and two children, Rune and Rukio, is just as it should be until a greedy mercenary and his flunkies visit the jungle in search of the mysterious but precious moonlight Read More

1997
BlackJack: Clinical Chart, Part 6

Crew: Screen Story

Actors: Hiroshi Fujioka

1996
Master of Mosquiton, Episode 1

Crew: Songwriter

1996
Black Jack: A Surgeon With the Hands of God

Crew: Screen Story

Actors: Hiroshi Fujioka

Synopsis: A legendary but mysterious surgeon pushes the boundaries of medical science in a desperate attempt to save the planet from an unbeatable race of "Super-Humans" in this anime based on the popular manga of the same name by legendary author Tezuka Osamu. Although Black Jack doesn't even have a Read More

1996
BlackJack: Clinical Chart, Part 5 - The Owl of San Merida

Crew: Screen Story

Actors: Hiroshi Fujioka

Synopsis: Osamu Dezaki gives his father Osamu Terzuka's wildly popular Black Jack comic book series a slick, 1990s look for this feature-length animé production. Black Jack, sporting a shock of black and white hair, a scar on his cheek, and a long flowing cape, is an ace doctor who never got around Read More

1994
BlackJack: Clinical Chart, Part 4

Crew: Screen Story

Actors: Hiroshi Fujioka

1994
BlackJack: Clinical Chart, Part 1

Crew: Screen Story

Actors: Hiroshi Fujioka

1993
BlackJack: Clinical Chart, Part 3

Crew: Screen Story

Actors: Hiroshi Fujioka

1993
Sukeban Deka: Kazama Sanshimai No Gyakushu

Crew: Producer

Actors: Yui Asaka, Kika Onishi, Yumi Nakamura, Masaki Kyomoto, Kohsuke Toyohara

Synopsis: A trio of female high school students try to head off a mad bomber at a rock concert in this teen crime drama. One of the weapons is a yo-yo equipped with razor-sharp blades that proves capable of downing a light aircraft. The film has the feel of a comic strip and is strictly geared toward the Read More

1988
Broken Down Film

Crew: Director

1985
The Legend of the Forest

Crew: Director

1985
Bagi, the Monster of Mighty Nature

Crew: Director

1984
Astro Boy: The White Planet

Crew: Director, Screenwriter

1980
Astro Boy: The Transformation Robot

Crew: Director, Screenwriter

1980
Astro Boy: Atlas Lives Again

Crew: Director, Screenwriter

1980
Astro Boy: Astro Fights Aliens

Crew: Director, Screenwriter

1980
Astro Boy: Frankenstein

Crew: Director, Screenwriter

1980
Astro Boy: The Birth of Astro Boy

Crew: Director, Screenwriter

1980
Astro Boy: The Baby Elephant Pook

Crew: Director, Screenwriter

1980
Astro Boy: The Crystal of the Desert

Crew: Director, Screenwriter

1980
Astro Boy: Uran the Tomboy

Crew: Director, Screenwriter

1980
Astro Boy: The Rainbow Comet

Crew: Director, Screenwriter

1980
Astro Boy: Save the Carolina 3

Crew: Director, Screenwriter

1980
Astro Boy: Robot Circus

Crew: Director, Screenwriter

1980
Astro Boy: Save the Classmate

Crew: Director, Screenwriter

1980
Astro Boy: Astro's First Love

Crew: Director, Screenwriter

1980
Space Firebird 2772

Crew: Director, Producer, Screen Story, Screenwriter

Synopsis: In this animated Japanese sci-fi adventure, an enormous space cruiser pursues a fire-breathing avian space monster that has been wreaking havoc on all of the inhabited planets it flies past. The crew of the cruiser are hoping that they can capture the creature and harness it's energy to save their Read More

1979
Hi no tori

Crew: Screen Story, Screenwriter

Actors: Tomisaburo Wakayama, Masao Kusakari, Kaoru Yumi, Reiko Ohara, Mieko Takamine

Synopsis: The battle for good and against evil never ends in this long series of episodes about attempts to capture the phoenix, a mythic bird of immortality. Set in the second century A.D., this fantasy adventure yarn includes plenty of special effects and animation, yet that does not mean it is innocuous. Read More

1978
Cleopatra

Crew: Director

1970
Kimba: The White Lion [Anime Series]

Crew: Show Creator

Synopsis: In this 1965 series by Astro Boy creator Osamu Tezuka, the king of the jungle, a lion named Ceasar is killed by a human hunter after he attempts to unite all animal kind by liberating a herd of cattle in a nearby village. His widow, the lioness Snowene, gives birth to their son soon afterward and Read More

1965
Alakazam the Great!

Crew: Director, Screenwriter

Actors: Frankie Avalon, Dodie Stevens, Jonathan Winters, Arnold Stang, Sterling Holloway

Synopsis: Originally released in Japan as Saiyu-ki, this animated feature film was purchased by American-International Productions, then retitled, re-edited and redubbed for American consumption. Alakazam is a timid little monkey, who has greatness thrust upon him when he is chosen to rule over all the Read More

1961
In the Beginning Bible: Abraham and His Sacrifice

Crew: Director
In the Beginning Bible: Isaac and Ishmael

Crew: Director
In the Beginning Bible: Joseph's Triumph

Crew: Director
In the Beginning Bible: The Burning Bush

Crew: Director
In the Beginning Bible: Moses the Egyptian

Crew: Director
In the Beginning Bible: Sodom and Gommorah

Crew: Director
In the Beginning Bible: Adam and Eve

Crew: Director
In the Beginning Bible: Prophets in the Desert

Crew: Director
In the Beginning Bible: Noah's Ark

Crew: Director
In the Beginning Bible: Abraham the Forefather

Crew: Director
In the Beginning Bible: The Tower of Babel

Crew: Director
In the Beginning Bible: Moses and the Pharoah

Crew: Director
In the Beginning Bible: The Wisdom of Solomon

Crew: Director
In the Beginning Bible: King David

Crew: Director
In the Beginning Bible: The Exile of Israel

Crew: Director
In the Beginning Bible: The Birth of Jesus

Crew: Director
In the Beginning Bible: Release From Babylon

Crew: Director
In the Beginning Bible: David and Goliath

Crew: Director
In the Beginning Bible: The Ten Commandments

Crew: Director
In the Beginning Bible: The Exodus

Crew: Director
In the Beginning Bible: The Golden Calf

Crew: Director
In the Beginning Bible: One King of Israel

Crew: Director
In the Beginning Bible: Journey to the Promised Land

Crew: Director

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