Kazuo Umezz
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.
Monster Heaven
as uncreditedAn anthology of strange horror tales featuring yokai. It begins with astronauts finding a katana...
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Gu Gu, the Cat
as UmezuAsako, a comic book artist in her early forties, is devastated by the death of her precious cat,...
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Makoto-chan
as uncreditedThe series follows the odd life of kindergartener Makoto Sawada and his family. Makoto gets into...
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God's Left Hand, Devil's Right Hand
as uncreditedWhat's scary is being a human being, and what's scary is being myself. Truly horrifying things...
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Tokyo Zombie
as Akiyama / PrinceTwo Japanese friends accidentally kill their boss and dump his remains in Black Fuji, a...
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Why Horror?
as SelfHorror fan Tal Zimerman examines the psychology of horror around the world to find out why...
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Yaji & Kita: The Midnight Pilgrims
as Old ManYaji and Kita are two men who live in Edo. They are deeply in love. Yaji is married to a woman,...
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Kaidan. Strange Stories of Japanese Ghosts
as HimselfAn exploration of the spirit world as portrayed in the height of the J-horror era of the late ‘90s.
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Hoodlum Soldier
as uncreditedA young intellectual conscientious objector is forced to serve with the Japanese army in...
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Monster Heaven: Ghost Hero
as uncreditedA major electronics company on the verge of developing technology to create a 3D image that can...
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The Snake Girl and the Silver-Haired Witch
as Taxi DriverUp until this point, young Sayuri Nanjo has had to live most of her life in a nun-run boarding...
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Gaki no Tsukai No Laughing Batsu Game
as GuestAfter participating to a previous show where they have to bet or be challenged to any kind of...
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