Sanpei Shirato
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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Movies (7)
Kamui
2009 · Comic Book, Writer
The Legend of Ninja Kamui: The Shell of the Sun and Moon
1971 · Writer, Comic Book
Band of Ninja Pilot
1969 · Writer, Comic Book
Band of Ninja
1967 · Comic Book, Writer
Watari, the Ninja Boy
1966 · Comic Book, Writer
Shounen Ninja Kaze no Fujimaru: Ma Boroshi Majutsu-dan
1965 · Writer, Comic Book
Shounen Ninja Kaze no Fujimaru: Nazo no Arabiya Ningyou
1964 · Comic Book, Writer
