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Kazuo Umezz
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03 Sept 1936 (89 years)
Kōya, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan
Biography
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, whic...
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楳図 かずお
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Kazuo Umezz's Movies
55%
Tokyo Zombie
10 Dec 2005
59%
Why Horror?
03 Oct 2014
67%
The Snake Girl and the Silver-Haired Witch
14 Dec 1968
66%
Gu Gu, the Cat
06 Sept 2008
47%
The Drifting Classroom
11 Jul 1987
46%
God's Left Hand, Devil's Right Hand
22 Jun 2006
53%
Monster Heaven: Ghost Hero
28 Jul 1990
47%
Yaji & Kita: The Midnight Pilgrims
02 Apr 2005
73%
Hoodlum Soldier
18 Mar 1965
70%
Monster Heaven
21 Sept 1986
80%
Makoto-chan
26 Jul 1980
0%
Kaidan. Strange Stories of Japanese Ghosts
12 Oct 2023
0%
Gozamareji
26 Apr 2003
0%
Kazuo Umezu's Terror Zone: Horror!
01 Jan 1993
0%
Umezu Kazuo no Gyaru 10 Island
01 Jun 1983
0%
月曜ドラマランド 悪魔くん
16 Sept 1986
