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 11
Writer 11
Movies 7
TV Shows 4
Comic Book / Writer
Kamui (2009)
Movie
6
Comic Book / Writer / Writer / Comic Book
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
Writer / Comic Book
Band of Ninja Pilot (1969)
Movie
Comic Book / Writer / Writer / Comic Book
Sasuke (1968)
TV
Comic Book / Writer
Band of Ninja (1967)
Movie
Comic Book / Writer
Watari, the Ninja Boy (1966)
Movie
Writer / Comic Book
Shounen Ninja Kaze no Fujimaru: Ma Boroshi Majutsu-dan (1965)
Movie
Comic Book / Writer
Shounen Ninja Kaze no Fujimaru: Nazo no Arabiya Ningyou (1964)
Movie
Comic Book / Writer / Writer / Comic Book
Samurai Kid (1964)
TV
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Known For
Writing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1932-02-15
Deathday
2021-10-08 (89 years old)
Birth Place
Tokyo, Japan
Also Known As
Sampei Shirato, 冈本登, 白土三平, 岡本登, Noboru Okamoto
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