Kazuo Umezu
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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 s…
Also known as
楳図 かずお · Kazuo Umezz
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Gaki no Tsukai No Laughing Batsu Game
2003 · TV
Long Love Letter
2002 · TV
吉祥寺だけが住みたい街ですか？
2016 · TV
Cat-Eyed Boy
1976 · TV
Kaidan. Strange Stories of Japanese Ghosts
2023 · Movie
Makoto-chan
1980 · Movie
Why Horror?
2014 · Movie
Yaji & Kita: The Midnight Pilgrims
2005 · Movie
The Curse of Kazuo Umezu
1990 · Movie
God's Left Hand, Devil's Right Hand
2006 · Movie
The Drifting Classroom
1987 · Movie
Mother
2014 · Movie