Born
3 September 1936 (89)
Place of Birth
Kōya, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan
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...
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.
Kaidan. Strange Stories of Japanese Ghosts
2023
Why Horror?
2014
Mother
2014
Gu Gu, the Cat
2008
God's Left Hand, Devil's Right Hand
2006
Tokyo Zombie
2005
Yaji & Kita: The Midnight Pilgrims
2005
Gozamareji
2003
Kazuo Umezu's Terror Zone: Horror!
1993
Monster Heaven: Ghost Hero
1990
The Drifting Classroom
1987
Monster Heaven
1986
月曜ドラマランド 悪魔くん
1986
Umezu Kazuo no Gyaru 10 Island
1983
Makoto-chan
1980
The Snake Girl and the Silver-Haired Witch
1968
Hoodlum Soldier
1965