Sanpei Shirato

Sanpei Shirato

Birth : 1932-02-15, Tokyo, Japan

Death : 2021-10-08

History

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.

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Sanpei Shirato

Movies

Kamui
Writer
A rebellious ninja in 17th century Japan takes refuge with a fisherman and his family.
Kamui
Comic Book
A rebellious ninja in 17th century Japan takes refuge with a fisherman and his family.
Kamui the Ninja
Comic Book
After working his way up from the oppressed peasant class, the rogue ninja Kamui must struggle to free himself from the iron fist of his own clan. He travels through all the country running from ruthless killers who have traveled to the ends of the Earth to destroy him. The movie version of the ninja anime based on Sanpei Shirato's manga.
Kamui the Ninja
Writer
After working his way up from the oppressed peasant class, the rogue ninja Kamui must struggle to free himself from the iron fist of his own clan. He travels through all the country running from ruthless killers who have traveled to the ends of the Earth to destroy him. The movie version of the ninja anime based on Sanpei Shirato's manga.
Band of Ninja
Writer
A young boy joins a band of ninja during a peasant uprising, all depicted through an experimental form of filming pages from the original manga set to sound.
Band of Ninja
Comic Book
A young boy joins a band of ninja during a peasant uprising, all depicted through an experimental form of filming pages from the original manga set to sound.
Watari, the Ninja Boy
Writer
In old Japan, the legend of the ninja lives on in Watari, the Ninja Boy, a motion picture like no other. This is the story of a young boy with almost mystical powers. His skills in ninjutsu are beyond the imagination as he infiltrates the rival Iga clan to expose their evil leader.
Watari, the Ninja Boy
Comic Book
In old Japan, the legend of the ninja lives on in Watari, the Ninja Boy, a motion picture like no other. This is the story of a young boy with almost mystical powers. His skills in ninjutsu are beyond the imagination as he infiltrates the rival Iga clan to expose their evil leader.
Shounen Ninja Kaze no Fujimaru: Nazo no Arabiya Ningyou
Writer
Kidnapped and rescued by a Ninja, Fujimaru has mastered martial arts over the years. Now he sets off on a journey to find his mother and also locate an old tome containing secret martial arts techniques.
Shounen Ninja Kaze no Fujimaru: Nazo no Arabiya Ningyou
Comic Book
Kidnapped and rescued by a Ninja, Fujimaru has mastered martial arts over the years. Now he sets off on a journey to find his mother and also locate an old tome containing secret martial arts techniques.