Hideshi Hino
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Hideshi Hino is a Japanese
manga artist
who specializes in horror stories. His comics
include Hell Baby, Hino Horrors, and Panorama of Hell. He also wrote and directed two of the Guinea Pig horror movies which were based on his manga: Flower of Flesh and Blood, which he also starred in, and Mermaid in a Manhole.
to Japanese immigrant workers in Manchuria
just when Japan surrendered at the end of World War II
and the vengeful anti-Japanese movement in China. His family had no choice but to escape to Japan before being lynched by Chinese civilians, so his town gathered up everybody and started to make their move to the remaining internationally governed harbours.
Hino has claimed that he was nearly killed en route to Japan by his fellow townspeople during the evacuation from China.
Some of his manga have been based on his life and its events; for example, his grandfather was a Yakuza
and his father used to be a pig farmer with a spider tattoo
on his back. Hino has depicted these in his manga many times (as in Panorama of Hell).
Although originally considering a job in the film industry, the works of manga legends Shigeru Sugiura
and Yoshiharu Tsuge
inspired the young Hino to express himself in the medium of manga instead. He originally began in doujinshi, and his first professional work was published in Osamu Tezuka
's experimental manga magazine COM
in 1967. With appearances in Garo
and the serialized "Hideshi Hino's Shocking Theater" coming out in 1971, his bizarre world of deviant killers, grotesque beasts, and decaying corpses was firmly established.
He even found a large following in the world of shojo manga. Works such as Dead Little Girl and Ghost School were prominently featured in shojo magazines, frightening female readers across Japan. In 2004, Pony Canyon
made a series of six live action
films, based on his manga, called Hideshi Hino's Theater of Horror
.
One of Hino's hobbies is maintaining Japanese swords. He is also a practitioner of Budō
.
Writer
Japanese people
The are an ethnic group originating in the Japanese archipelago and are the predominant ethnic group of Japan. Worldwide, approximately 130 million people are of Japanese descent; of these, approximately 127 million are residents of Japan. People of Japanese ancestry who live in other countries...
manga artist
Mangaka
is the Japanese word for a comic artist or cartoonist. Outside of Japan, manga usually refers to a Japanese comic book and mangaka refers to the author of the manga, who is usually Japanese...
who specializes in horror stories. His comics
Comics
Comics denotes a hybrid medium having verbal side of its vocabulary tightly tied to its visual side in order to convey narrative or information only, the latter in case of non-fiction comics, seeking synergy by using both visual and verbal side in...
include Hell Baby, Hino Horrors, and Panorama of Hell. He also wrote and directed two of the Guinea Pig horror movies which were based on his manga: Flower of Flesh and Blood, which he also starred in, and Mermaid in a Manhole.
Biography
Hideshi Hino was born in ChinaChina
Chinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture...
to Japanese immigrant workers in Manchuria
Manchuria
Manchuria is a historical name given to a large geographic region in northeast Asia. Depending on the definition of its extent, Manchuria usually falls entirely within the People's Republic of China, or is sometimes divided between China and Russia. The region is commonly referred to as Northeast...
just when Japan surrendered at the end of World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
and the vengeful anti-Japanese movement in China. His family had no choice but to escape to Japan before being lynched by Chinese civilians, so his town gathered up everybody and started to make their move to the remaining internationally governed harbours.
Hino has claimed that he was nearly killed en route to Japan by his fellow townspeople during the evacuation from China.
Some of his manga have been based on his life and its events; for example, his grandfather was a Yakuza
Yakuza
, also known as , are members of traditional organized crime syndicates in Japan. The Japanese police, and media by request of the police, call them bōryokudan , literally "violence group", while the yakuza call themselves "ninkyō dantai" , "chivalrous organizations". The yakuza are notoriously...
and his father used to be a pig farmer with a spider tattoo
Tattoo
A tattoo is made by inserting indelible ink into the dermis layer of the skin to change the pigment. Tattoos on humans are a type of body modification, and tattoos on other animals are most commonly used for identification purposes...
on his back. Hino has depicted these in his manga many times (as in Panorama of Hell).
Although originally considering a job in the film industry, the works of manga legends Shigeru Sugiura
Shigeru Sugiura
was a Japanese manga artist famous for his surreal, nonsense gag manga. After initially studying painting, Sugiura became an assistant to the manga artist Suihō Tagawa. He soon began drawing his own manga in 1933 and came to fame after World War II with a series of comedic manga for children based...
and Yoshiharu Tsuge
Yoshiharu Tsuge
is a Japanese manga artist and essayist. He was active in comics between 1954 and 1987. The content of his works range from tales of ordinary life to dream-like surrealism, and often show his interest in traveling about Japan...
inspired the young Hino to express himself in the medium of manga instead. He originally began in doujinshi, and his first professional work was published in Osamu Tezuka
Osamu Tezuka
was a Japanese cartoonist, manga artist, animator, producer, activist and medical doctor, although he never practiced medicine. Born in Osaka Prefecture, he is best known as the creator of Astro Boy, Kimba the White Lion and Black Jack...
's experimental manga magazine COM
COM (manga magazine)
was a manga magazine started in January 1967 by Osamu Tezuka. It was started in response to the success of Garo , and as a way for Tezuka and other artists to showcase more avant-garde and experimental works in manga...
in 1967. With appearances in Garo
Garo
-Garo People and languages :* Garo , a tribe in India and Bangladesh.* Bodo-Garo languages, a small family of Tibeto-Burman languages spoken in eastern India,** Garo language, the language spoken by the Garo tribe...
and the serialized "Hideshi Hino's Shocking Theater" coming out in 1971, his bizarre world of deviant killers, grotesque beasts, and decaying corpses was firmly established.
He even found a large following in the world of shojo manga. Works such as Dead Little Girl and Ghost School were prominently featured in shojo magazines, frightening female readers across Japan. In 2004, Pony Canyon
Pony Canyon
is a Japanese company, established on October 1, 1966 , which publishes music, DVD and VHS videos, movies and video games. It is a subsidiary of Japanese Media Group, Fujisankei Communications Group.-History:...
made a series of six live action
Live action
In filmmaking, video production, and other media, the term live action refers to cinematography, videography not produced using animation...
films, based on his manga, called Hideshi Hino's Theater of Horror
Hideshi Hino's Theater of Horror
Hideshi Hino's Theater of Horror, also known as the Kaiki Gekijou Hexalogy, is a series of six live action Japanese horror films from Pony Canyon...
.
One of Hino's hobbies is maintaining Japanese swords. He is also a practitioner of Budō
Budo
is a Japanese term describing martial arts. In English, it is used almost exclusively in reference to Japanese martial arts.-Etymology:Budō is a compound of the root bu , meaning war or martial; and dō , meaning path or way. Specifically, dō is derived from the Buddhist Sanskrit mārga...
.
List of Printed Works (Published Outside Japan)
- Panorama of Hell
- Hell Baby
- The Hino Horror series:
- Hino Horror Volume 1: The Red Snake (赤い蛇 Akai Hebi)
- Hino Horror Volume 2: The Bug Boy]] (毒虫小僧 Dokumushi Kozō)
- Hino Horror Volume 3: Oninbo and the Bugs from Hell (地獄虫を食う! 鬼んぼ Jigoku Mushi Woku! Oninbo)
- Hino Horror Volume 4: Oninbo and the Bugs from Hell 2
- Hino Horror Volume 5: The Living Corpse (死肉の男 Shiniku no Otoko)
- Hino Horror Volume 6: Black Cat (黒猫の眼が闇に Kuro Neko no Megayamini)
- Hino Horror Volume 7: The Collection
- Hino Horror Volume 8: The Collection 2
- Hino Horror Volume 9: Ghost School
- Hino Horror Volume 10: Death's Reflection
- Hino Horror Volume 11: Gallery of Horrors
- Hino Horror Volume 12: Mystique Mandala of Hell
- Hino Horror Volume 13: Zipangu Night
- Hino Horror Volume 14: Skin And Bone
- Comics Underground Japan (short story Laughing Ball)
- Lullabies from Hell
- The Art of Hideshi Hino
Filmography
Director- Guinea Pig: Mermaid in a Manhole (1988)
- Guinea Pig: Flower of Flesh and Blood (1985)
Writer
- Guinea Pig: Flower of Flesh and Blood (1985)
- The Boy From Hell (2004)
- Lizard Baby (2004)
- Occult Detective Club: The Doll Cemetery (2004)
- Death Train (2004)
- Dead Girl Walking (2004)
- The Ravaged House: Zoroku's Disease (2004)
External links
- Hideshi Hino, Reviews and Critique at The Open Critic