Junji Ito

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Junji Ito

Born July 31, 1963 · Sakashita, Gifu, Japan (age 63)

Junji Ito (Japanese: 伊藤 潤二 Hepburn: Itō Junji, born July 31, 1963) is a Japanese horror mangaka. Some of his most notable works include Tomie, a series chronicling an immortal girl who drives her stricken admirers to madness; Uzumaki, a three-volume series about a town obsessed with spirals; and Gyo, a two-volume story where fish are controlled by a strain of sentient bacteria called "the death st…

Known For

KakashiKakashi · 2001
Kakashi
★ 5.62001
MovieHorror
The search for her vanished brother Tsuyoshi leads Kaoru to the lonesome village Kozukata in the Japanese back-land. The locals react repelling to her, which the exception of the Chinese girl Sally. As her car breaks down Kaoru is trapped in the village; will she have to repay for something she has done in the past?
Tomie: RebirthTomie: Rebirth · 2001
Tomie: Rebirth
★ 7.12001
MovieHorror
Young art student Hideo paints an unnerving portrait of Tomie, who whispers that she loves him. Inexplicably, he reacts by stabbing her to death with a painting trowel. Two friends, Takumi and Shunichi, arrive on the scene and help him dispose of the body. To cheer him up, the boys take the unwitting murderer to the nearest bar for a party... but a mysterious girl named Tomie shows up, bearing a few odd physical resemblances to the dead girl in the ground.
UzumakiUzumaki · 2000
Uzumaki
★ 6.02000
MovieMysteryFantasy
The inhabitants of a small Japanese town become increasingly obsessed with and tormented by spirals.
Tomie: ReplayTomie: Replay · 2000
Tomie: Replay
★ 5.22000
MovieHorror
Infected with Tomie's blood, a surgeon disappears, leaving his daughter, Yumi, to try to discover Tomie's identity and to solve the mystery of her father's disappearance.
Tomie: UnlimitedTomie: Unlimited · 2011
Tomie: Unlimited
★ 4.72011
MovieHorror
Tsukiko is part of the photography club at school, but has always felt less than her sister Tomie. She's cute and very popular among boys. However, one day, Tomie dies in a horrible accident, triggering endless nightmares for Tsukiko. One year later, right when Tomie was supposed to turn 18, someone knocks on the door. Tomie is back.
Gyo: Tokyo Fish AttackGyo: Tokyo Fish Attack · 2012
Gyo: Tokyo Fish Attack
★ 5.42012
MovieAnimationHorror
Kaori, Erika and Aki are celebrating their graduation when an infestation of walking fish forces them to re-evaluate their circumstances.
OshikiriOshikiri · 2000
Oshikiri
★ 6.22000
MovieHorror
Oshikiri is a loner who has bad memories of his childhood and his grandfather, a brilliant scientist. He returns to his grandfather's mansion to try to remember what really happened to him. He finds a portal to a parallel universe, which his grandfather had originally discovered. From this portal comes his doppelganger dressed in a cloak and gas mask, who kills his fellow students with an ancient axe.
Tomie: Forbidden FruitTomie: Forbidden Fruit · 2002
Tomie: Forbidden Fruit
★ 6.02002
MovieHorror
When a lonely high school girl befriends a strange, mysterious and beautiful girl, it is soon becomes clear that the two girls' meeting was not purely accidental.

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Manben: Behind the Scenes of Manga with Urasawa NaokiManben: Behind the Scenes of Manga with Urasawa Naoki · 2015
Manben: Behind the Scenes of Manga with Urasawa Naoki
★ 8.22015
SeriesDocumentary
Urasawa Naoki no Manben (Naoki Urasawa's Manga Exertions) is a TV Documentary airing on NHK Educational TV. It follows acclaimed mangaka Naoki Urasawa (creator of 20th Century Boys and Monster) as he sets out to break new ground for manga even further than he already has. In an attempt to educate viewers about manga and preserve the intricate craftsmanship and process of Japanese artists on video for future generations, he invites a manga artist to have their workplace filmed for a couple of days, so as to display them in the process of crafting chapters for their current serializations. After the footage has been shot, Urasawa meets with the artist and they discuss the footage, talking about the artist's workplace and workflow, the difficulties involved in the mangaka lifestyle, their reasons for drawing manga in the first place, and their perspective on the current industry and their own work.