Director

Kazuo Umezz

Writing

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Directed movies: 1Directed series: 0All crew credits: 22

TMDB ID: 240341

IMDb ID: nm0880873

Known for: Writing

Born: September 3, 1936

Age: 89

Place of birth: Kōya, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1965 - 2023

Years active: 59

Average TMDB rating: 6.22

Wikidata: Q1141948

Also known as

楳図かずお

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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, 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.

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