Kazuo Umezu

Kazuo Umezu
Kazuo Umezu
	Kazuo Umezu, 2010
Born	September 3, 1936 (age 85); Kōya, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan
Occupation	Manga artist

Kazuo Umezu or Kazuo Umezz (楳図かずお, Umezu Kazuo, birth name 楳図一雄), (born September 3, 1936 in Kōya, Wakayama Prefecture, raised in Gojō, Nara Prefecture) is an author of Japanese horror and other manga, as well as a musician and actor.

He had his first book of manga published while still in high school and made manga his career immediately upon graduation. After moving to Tokyo in 1962 he developed his detailed horror manga style and has since published his comics in a broad range of genres, from horror fiction to science fiction to humour. He won the 20th Shogakukan Manga Award in 1974 for The Drifting Classroom.^[1]

Bibliography[]

Title	English	Start	End	Genre
Romansu no Kusuri (ロマンスの薬)		1962
Benigumo (紅グモ)		1965	1966
Hangyojin (半魚人)		1965
Hibiware Ningen (ひびわれ人間)		1966
Hebi Onna (へび女)	Reptilia	1966
Urutoraman (ウルトラマン)	Ultraman	1966	1967
Nekome Kozō (猫目小僧)	Cat Eyed Boy	1967	1976
Akanbo Shōjo (赤んぼ少女)		1967
SF Ishoku Tampenshū (SF異色短編集)		1968	1969
Kage (映像)		1968
Chō no Haka (蝶の墓)		1968
Osore (おそれ)		1969
Shisha no Kōshin (死者の行進)
Orochi (おろち)	Orochi: Blood	1969	1970
Iara (イアラ)		1970
Kaijū Gyō (怪獣ギョー)		1971
Agein (アゲイン)	Again	1971	1972	Comedy
Hyōryū Kyōshitsu (漂流教室)	The Drifting Classroom	1972	1974
Senrei (洗礼)	Baptism	1974	1976
Makoto chan (まことちゃん)	Makoto-chan	1976	1981	Comedy
Watashi wa Shingo (わたしは真悟)	My Name is Shingo	1982	1986	Science Fiction
Kami no Hidarite Akuma no Migite (神の左手悪魔の右手)	God's Left Hand, Devil's Right Hand	1986	1988
Fōtīn (14歳)	Fourteen	1990	1995	Science fiction

Filmography[]

Nekome Kozo (anime television series)
Drifting Classroom (movie)
Blood Baptism (movie)
Long Love Letter: Drifting Classroom (TV drama)
Kazuo Umezu's Horror Theater (6-part TV anthology)
Snake Girl and the Silver Haired Witch ("Hebimusume to hakuhatsuma", 蛇娘と白髪魔) (1968) (Daiei/Kadokawa Pictures)
Mother (film) (director)^[2]

Musicals[]

In 2016, his manga My Name is Shingo was adapted into a musical. It stars Mitsuki Takahata and Mugi Kadowaki as the lead characters and is directed and choreographed by Philippe Decouflé.^[3]

Assistant[]

Noboru Takahashi
Robin Nishi
Rumiko Takahashi

References[]

^ 小学館漫画賞: 歴代受賞者 (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on 2008-07-10. Retrieved 2007-08-19.
^ "Horror Manga Creator Kazuo Umezu Helms 1st Feature Film". Anime News Network. 2013-12-12. Retrieved 2013-12-17.
^ Vannieuwenhuysen, Lora-Elly. "BCM reads: Kazuo Umezu "Watashi wa Shingo" ("Je suis Shingo")". A Belgian J-Culture Magazine. Vol. 35. Hilde Heyvaert. p. 19. ISSN 2593-0435. Retrieved 2018-06-04.

External links[]

Official website (Japanese/English/German)
Kazuo Umezu at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
Profile at The Ultimate Manga Page
Profile at The Lambiek Comiclopedia
My Name is Shingo, the Musical

[ShogakukanAward-1] 小学館漫画賞: 歴代受賞者 (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on 2008-07-10. Retrieved 2007-08-19.

[2] "Horror Manga Creator Kazuo Umezu Helms 1st Feature Film". Anime News Network. 2013-12-12. Retrieved 2013-12-17.

[3] Vannieuwenhuysen, Lora-Elly. "BCM reads: Kazuo Umezu "Watashi wa Shingo" ("Je suis Shingo")". A Belgian J-Culture Magazine. Vol. 35. Hilde Heyvaert. p. 19. ISSN 2593-0435. Retrieved 2018-06-04.

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show v t Works of Kazuo Umezu
Manga	Reptilia (1965) Cat Eyed Boy (1967–1976) Orochi: Blood (1969–1970) The Drifting Classroom (1972–1974) Makoto-chan (1976–1981) Heisei-ban Makoto-chan (1988–1989)
Other	Mother (film, 2014)

show v t Shogakukan Manga Award – General
1950s	Būtan by Noboru Baba (1955) Oyama no Kaba-chan by Eijo Ishida (1956) Manga Seminar on Biology and Biiko-chan by Osamu Tezuka (1957) Little Black Sambo and Shiawase no Ōji by Tarō Senba (1958) Korisu no Pokko by Jirō Ōta and Bonko-chan and Fuichin-san by Toshiko Ueda (1959)
1960s	Science-kun no Sekai Ryokō by Reiji Aki (1961) Susume Roboketto and Tebukuro Tecchan by Fujiko Fujio (1962) Fight Sensei and Stop! Nii-chan by Hisashi Sekitani (1963) Osomatsu-kun by Fujio Akatsuka (1964) Paki-chan to Ganta by Kazuo Maekawa (1965) Sabu to Ichi Torimono Hikae by Shotaro Ishinomori (1967) Animal 1 and Inakappe Taishō by Noboru Kawasaki (1968) Fire! by Hideko Mizuno (1969)
1970s	Glass no Shiro by Masako Watanabe and Gag Ojisan and Oya Baka Tengoku by Ryuzan Aki (1970) Hana Ichimonme by Shinji Nagashima and Minashigo Hutch by Tatsuo Yoshida (1971) Tōchan no Kawaii Oyome-san and Hashire! Boro by Hiroshi Asuna (1972) Otoko Doahō Kōshien and Deba to Batto by Shinji Mizushima (1973) The Drifting Classroom by Kazuo Umezu (1974) Golgo 13 by Takao Saito (1975) Abu-san by Shinji Mizushima (1976) Notari Matsutarō by Tetsuya Chiba (1977) Haguregumo by George Akiyama (1978) Tosa no Ippon Tsuri by Yūsuke Aoyagi (1979)
1980s	Hakatakko Junjō and Gangaragan by Hōsei Hasegawa and Jarinko Chie by Etsumi Haruki (1980) Sunset on Third Street by Ryōhei Saigan (1981) Tsuribaka Nisshi by Jūzō Yamasaki and Ken'ichi Kitami (1982) Hidamari no Ki by Osamu Tezuka (1983) Human Crossing by Masao Yajima and Kenshi Hirokane (1984) Bokkemon by Takashi Iwashige (1985) Oishinbo by Tetsu Kariya and Akira Hanasaki (1986) Hotel and Manga Nihon Keizai Nyumon by Shotaro Ishinomori (1987) Genji Monogatari by Miyako Maki (1988) Yawara! by Naoki Urasawa (1989)
1990s	F by Noboru Rokuda (1990) Kazoku no Shokutaku and Asunaro Hakusho by Fumi Saimon (1991) Okami-san by Ichimaru and Miyamoto kara Kimi e by Hideki Arai (1992) Kaze no Daichi by Nobuhiro Sakata and Eiji Kazama (1993) Bokkō by Hideki Mori (1994) Ron by Motoka Murakami and Gallery Fake and Tarō by Fujihiko Hosono (1995) Gekka no Kishi by Junichi Nōjō (1996) Azumi by Yū Koyama (1997) Aji Ichi Monme by Zenta Abe and Yoshimi Kurata (1998)
2000s	Monster by Naoki Urasawa (2000) Heat by Buronson and Ryoichi Ikegami (2001) 20th Century Boys by Naoki Urasawa (2002) Dr. Kotō Shinryōjo by Takatoshi Yamada (2003) Iryū by Tarō Nogizaka and Akira Nagai (2004) A Spirit of the Sun by Kaiji Kawaguchi and Rainbow: Nisha Rokubō no Shichinin by George Abe and Masasumi Kakizaki (2005) Bengoshi no Kuzu by Hideo Iura (2006) Bambino! by Tetsuji Sekiya and Kurosagi by Takeshi Natsuhara and Kuromaru (2007) Gaku: Minna no Yama by Shin'ichi Ishizuka (2008) Shinya Shokudō by Yarō Abe (2009)
2010s	Ushijima the Loan Shark by Manabe Shōhei and Space Brothers by Chūya Koyama (2010) Kids on the Slope by Yuki Kodama (2011) I Am a Hero by Kengo Hanazawa (2012) Mogura no Uta by Noboru Takahashi (2013) Asahinagu by Ai Kozaki and Aoi Honō by Kazuhiko Shimamoto (2014) Umimachi Diary by Akimi Yoshida and Sunny by Taiyo Matsumoto (2015) Blue Giant by Shinichi Ishizuka and Jūhan Shuttai! by Naoko Matsuda (2016) After the Rain by Jun Mayuzuki and Kūbo Ibuki by Kaiji Kawaguchi (2017) Hibiki: Shōsetsuka ni Naru Hōhō by Mitsuharu Yanamoto and Kenkō de Bunkateki na Saitei Gendo no Seikatsu by Haruko Kashiwagi (2018) Aoashi by Yūgo Kobayashi and Kaguya-sama: Love Is War by Aka Akasaka (2019)
2020s	Dead Dead Demon's Dededede Destruction by Inio Asano and Police in a Pod by Miko Yasu (2020)

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Kazuo Umezu
Kazuo Umezu, 2010
Born	(1936-09-03) September 3, 1936 (age 85) Kōya, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan
Occupation	Manga artist