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Kazuo Umezz

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.

Personal information

Birthday

1936-09-03

Birth Place

Kōya, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan

Movies and TV shows :

poster

Gaki no Tsukai No Laughing Batsu Game

2003

9.0

TV
God's Left Hand, Devil's Right Hand

God's Left Hand, Devil's Right Hand

2006

4.0

Movie
Gozamareji

Gozamareji

2003

0.0

Movie
Gu Gu, the Cat

Gu Gu, the Cat

2008

6.8

Movie
Hoodlum Soldier

Hoodlum Soldier

1965

7.3

Movie
Kaidan. Strange Stories of Japanese Ghosts

Kaidan. Strange Stories of Japanese Ghosts

2023

0.0

Movie
Kazuo Umezu's Terror Zone: Horror!

Kazuo Umezu's Terror Zone: Horror!

1993

0.0

Movie
Makoto-chan

Makoto-chan

1980

8.0

Movie
Monster Heaven

Monster Heaven

1986

0.0

Movie
Monster Heaven: Ghost Hero

Monster Heaven: Ghost Hero

1990

5.4

Movie
The Snake Girl and the Silver-Haired Witch

The Snake Girl and the Silver-Haired Witch

1968

6.5

Movie
Tokyo Zombie

Tokyo Zombie

2005

5.6

Movie
Why Horror?

Why Horror?

2014

6.1

Movie
Yaji & Kita: The Midnight Pilgrims

Yaji & Kita: The Midnight Pilgrims

2005

6.5

Movie
poster

吉祥寺だけが住みたい街ですか?

2016

8.0

TV