楳図かずお
- Professione
- Writing
- Nascita
- 3 settembre 1936
- Luogo di nascita
- Kōya, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan
- Morte
- 28 ottobre 2024
Biografia
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.
Film con 楳図かずお
- 東京ゾンビ 2005 · ★ 5.6
- Why Horror? 2014 · ★ 5.9
- 蛇娘と白髪魔 1968 · ★ 6.8
- 漂流教室 1987 · ★ 5.2
- グーグーだって猫である 2008 · ★ 6.6
- 神の左手悪魔の右手 2006 · ★ 5.1
- 妖怪天国・ゴーストヒーロー 1990 · ★ 5.7
- Baptism of Blood 1996 · ★ 4.7
- 真夜中の弥次さん喜多さん 2005 · ★ 6.0
- 兵隊やくざ 1965 · ★ 7.2
- まことちゃん 1980 · ★ 9.0
- 妖怪天国 1986 · ★ 7.0
- Umezu Kazuo terror 1993 · ★ 7.0
- Kaidan. Histoires étranges de fantômes japonais 2023
- ござまれじ 2003
- Gal 10 Island 1983
- 月曜ドラマランド 悪魔くん 1986
Film diretti da 楳図かずお
- Mother 2014 · ★ 4.7
- Gal 10 Island 1983