Junji Ito
Junji Ito (伊藤 潤二, Itō Junji?, born July 31, 1963) is a Japanese horror manga artist best known for his series of short stories about Tomie, an immortal girl who drives her stricken admirers to madness, and Uzumaki, a three-volume series about a town obsessed with spirals.
Biography
Junji Ito was born in the Gifu prefecture of Japan in 1963. He was inspired from a young age by both his older sister's drawings[1] and the work of Kazuo Umezu. Ito first began writing and drawing manga as a hobby while working as a dental technician in the early 90's.[2] In 1987, he submitted a short story to Gekkan Halloween that won an honorable mention in the Kazuo Umezu Prize (with Umezu himself as one of the judges).
In addition to Kazui Umezu, Ito has cited Hideshi Hino, Shinichi Furuka, Yasutaka Tsutsui, and H.P. Lovecraft as being major influences on his work.[3]
Bibliography
Manga
- Museum of Terror (恐怖博物館, Kyōfu Hakubutsukan?)
- Uzumaki (うずまき?)
- Gyo (ギョ?)
- Cat Diary: Yon & Moo (猫日記 よん&むー, Neko Nikki Yon to Mū?)
- Black Paradox (ブラックパラドクス, Burakku Paradokusu?)
- Hellstar Remina (地獄星レミナ?)
- Yami no Koe (闇の声?)
- Shin Yami no Koe Kaidan (新・闇の声 潰談?)
- Mimi no Kaidan (ミミの怪談?)
- Yuukoku no Rasputin (憂国のラスプーチン?)
Adaptions
Following the success of the film Ringu, Tomie was adapted into a series of films, beginning in 1999. Several other works of Ito's have subsequently been adapted for film and television:
- The Fearsome Melody - (戦慄の旋律 senritsu no senritsu), 1992
- Tomie - ( 富江 Tomie), 1998
- Tomie: Another Face - (?富江:アナザフェイス), 1999
- Tomie Replay - ( 富江:re-play Tomie: re-play), 2000
- Uzumaki - (うずまき Uzumaki), 2000
- Gravemarker Town (film) - (墓標の町 bohyou no machi), 2000
- The Face Burglar (film)- (顔泥棒 kao dorobou), 2000
- The Hanging Balloons - (首吊り気球 kubitsuri no kikyuu), 2000
- Long Dream - (長い夢 nagai yume), 2000
- Oshikiri - (押切 Oshikiri), 2000
- Kakashi - (案山子 Kakashi), 2001
- Lovesick Dead (also known as Love Ghost) - (死びとの恋わずらい shibito no koiwazurai), 2001
- Tomie: Rebirth - (富江:Rebirth Tomie: Rebirth), 2001
- Tomie: The Final Chapter - Forbidden Fruit - (富江 最終章 ?禁断の果実 Tomie: Saishuu-sh? - kindan no kajitsu), 2002
- Marronnier - (マロニエ Marronnier), 2002
- The Groaning Drain - (うめく排水管), 2004
- Tomie: Beginning 2005
- Tomie: Revenge 2005
- Tomie Vs. Tomie 2007
- Tomie: Unlimited 2011
Notes
References
- Ito, Junji (October 2007) [1998]. Uzumaki, Vol. 1 (2nd ed.). Viz Media. ISBN 1-4215-1389-7.
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July 31, 1963 |
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