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Kazuo Umezu
Kōya, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan
Kazuo Umezu or Kazuo Umezz (楳図 かずお, Umezu Kazuo, birth name 楳図一雄; born September 3, 1936) is a Japanese manga artist, musician and actor. Starting his career in the 1950s, he is a…
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Kazuo Umezu or Kazuo Umezz (楳図 かずお, Umezu Kazuo, birth name 楳図一雄; born September 3, 1936) is a Japanese manga artist, musician and actor. Starting his career in the 1950s, he is among the most famous artists of horror manga and has been vital for its development, considered the "god of horror manga". In 1960s shōjo manga like Reptilia, he broke the industry's conventions by combining the aesthetics of the commercial manga industry with gruesome visual imagery inspired by Japanese folktales, which created a boom of horror manga and influenced manga artists of following generations. He created successful manga series such as The Drifting Classroom, Makoto-chan and My Name Is Shingo, until he retired from drawing manga in the mid 1990s. He is also a public figure in Japan, known for wearing red-and-white-striped shirts and doing his signature "Gwash" hand gesture.
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2023
Kaidan. Strange Stories of Japanese Ghosts
Movie Himself
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2016
My Name is Shingo
Movie Original Story
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2016
吉祥寺だけが住みたい街ですか？
TV show Kazuo Umezu
- 2015
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2014
Why Horror?
Movie Self
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2014
Mother
Movie Director
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2008
Orochi - Blood
Movie Story
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2008
Gu Gu, the Cat
Movie Umezu
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2008
Tamami: The Baby's Curse
Movie Comic Book
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2006
Cat-Eyed Boy
Movie Comic Book
- 2006
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2005
Tokyo Zombie
Movie Akiyama / Prince
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2005
Kazuo Umezu's Horror Theater: Snake Girl
Movie Original Story
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2005
Kazuo Umezu's Horror Theater: Death Make
Movie Original Story
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2005
Kazuo Umezu's Horror Theater: Present
Movie Writer
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2005
Kazuo Umezu's Horror Theater: The Wish
Movie Original Story
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2005
Kazuo Umezu's Horror Theater: House of Bugs
Movie Original Story
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2005
Kazuo Umezu's Horror Theater: Diet
Movie Original Story
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2005
Yaji & Kita: The Midnight Pilgrims
Movie Old Man
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2003
Gaki no Tsukai No Laughing Batsu Game
TV show Guest
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2003
Gozamareji
Movie
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2002
Long Love Letter
TV show Novel
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1996
Baptism of Blood
Movie Original Story
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1995
Drifting School
Movie Author
- 1993
- 1990
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1990
The Curse of Kazuo Umezu
Movie Original Story
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1987
The Drifting Classroom
Movie Policeman C (special guest)
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1986
Monster Heaven
Movie
- 1986
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1985
Evil Heart
Movie Writer
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1983
Gal 10 Island
Movie Himself
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1980
Makoto-chan
Movie
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1976
Cat-Eyed Boy
TV show Writer
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1975
A Remodeled Beauty
Movie Original Story
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1968
The Snake Girl and the Silver-Haired Witch
Movie Taxi Driver
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1965
Hoodlum Soldier
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