Director

Sanpei Shirato

Writing

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Directed movies: 0Directed series: 0All crew credits: 11

TMDB ID: 930241

IMDb ID: nm2894067

Known for: Writing

Born: February 15, 1932

Died: October 8, 2021

Age: 89

Place of birth: Tokyo, Japan

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1964 - 2009

Years active: 46

Average TMDB rating: 6.1

Wikidata: Q1358489

Also known as

Sampei Shirato • 冈本登 • 岡本登 • Noboru Okamoto

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Comic Book (9)Writer (2)

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Biography

A Japanese manga artist and essayist known for his social criticism as well as his realistic drawing style and the characters in his scenarios. He is considered a pioneer of gekiga. The son of the Japanese proletarian painter Toki Okamoto, his dream to become an artist equal with his father started when he became a Kamishibai artist. He is also known for his work published in the early issues of the manga anthology magazine Garo in 1964, which he began publishing so as to serialize his comic Kamui.

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