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.
Filmography
all 10
Writer 10
Movies 6
TV Shows 4
Writer
Kamui (2009)
Movie
6
Comic Book / Writer / Comic Book / Writer
Seton Animal Chronicles (1989)
TV
Writer / Comic Book
Kamui the Ninja (1971)
Movie
Comic Book / Writer / Writer / Comic Book
Kamui the Ninja: Stories Other Than the Legend (1969)
TV
Comic Book / Writer / Comic Book / Writer
Sasuke (1968)
TV
Writer
Band of Ninja (1967)
Movie
Writer
Watari, the Ninja Boy (1966)
Movie
Writer / Comic Book
Shounen Ninja Kaze no Fujimaru: Ma Boroshi Majutsu-dan (1965)
Movie
Writer / Comic Book
Shounen Ninja Kaze no Fujimaru: Nazo no Arabiya Ningyou (1964)
Movie
Writer
Samurai Kid (1964)
TV
Ratings
Average 4.36
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1964
1966
1968
2009
2009
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Known ForWriting
GenderMale
Birthday1932-02-15
Deathday2021-10-08 (89 years old)
Also Known AsSampei Shirato, 冈本登, 白土三平
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