Junji Ito

Writer

July 31, 1963 (62 years)

Sakashita, Gifu, Japan

Biography

Junji Ito (Japanese: 伊藤潤二 Hepburn: Itō Junji, born July 31, 1963) is a Japanese horror mangaka. Some of his most notable works include Tomie, a series chronicling an immortal girl who drives her stricken admirers to madness; Uzumaki, a three-volume series about a town obsessed with spirals; and Gyo, a two-volume story where fish are controlled by a strain of sentient bacteria called "the death stench."

Filmography

7.1

Junji Ito Maniac: Japanese Tales of the Macabre

From the mind of horror manga maestro Junji Ito comes a spine-tingling selection of some of his most bizarre, disturbing and terrifying tales.

7.0

Uzumaki

Kirie tries to escape from her town Kurouzu-cho, where the residents get obsessed with spirals due to an unexplained curse.

8.0

Junji Ito Collection

A collection of animated horror stories based on the works of Japanese artist Junji Ito.

N/A

Bloody Smart

In a town where strict rules shape students into their “best selves,” a hidden Bloodfruit Tree bears crimson fruit. A mysterious boy in black delivers these fruits only to those who truly “need” them. Once received, they awaken long-suppressed desires—gently unraveling the heart, and quietly leading the town toward irreversible collapse.

5.9

Uzumaki

The inhabitants of a small Japanese town become increasingly obsessed with and tormented by spirals.

5.4

Gyo: Tokyo Fish Attack

Kaori, Erika and Aki are celebrating their graduation when an infestation of walking fish forces them to re-evaluate their circumstances.

5.3

Tomie

Following some trauma in her past that has since been repressed, a young woman is trying to recover her memories with the help of a psychiatrist. During her hypnosis sessions, she repeats the name "Tomie" but is unable to recall where she knows it from. Meanwhile, a police detective is investigating a string of brutal murders, where he also runs across the name "Tomie." How are the two connected?

N/A

Strange: Junji Ito's Tales for Sleepless Nights

Live-action anthology Series adapting from Junji Ito's selected works.

7.1

Tomie: Rebirth

Young art student Hideo paints an unnerving portrait of Tomie, who whispers that she loves him. Inexplicably, he reacts by stabbing her to death with a painting trowel. Two friends, Takumi and Shunichi, arrive on the scene and help him dispose of the body. To cheer him up, the boys take the unwitting murderer to the nearest bar for a party... but a mysterious girl named Tomie shows up, bearing a few odd physical resemblances to the dead girl in the ground.

6.0

Tomie: Forbidden Fruit

When a lonely high school girl befriends a strange, mysterious and beautiful girl, it is soon becomes clear that the two girls' meeting was not purely accidental.

4.6

Tomie: Unlimited

Tsukiko is part of the photography club at school, but has always felt less than her sister Tomie. She's cute and very popular among boys. However, one day, Tomie dies in a horrible accident, triggering endless nightmares for Tsukiko. One year later, right when Tomie was supposed to turn 18, someone knocks on the door. Tomie is back.

5.6

Tomie: Beginning

Within days after the mysterious new student Kawakami Tomie joins a high school classroom, all hell literally breaks loose. Simple in-fighting between boys and girls over Tomie's oppressive shadow soon gives way to mind-breaking violence, culminating in a grizzly dissection that ultimately leads to suicide, insanity, and even more violence.

5.5

Kakashi

The search for her vanished brother Tsuyoshi leads Kaoru to the lonesome village Kozukata in the Japanese back-land. The locals react repelling to her, which the exception of the Chinese girl Sally. As her car breaks down Kaoru is trapped in the village; will she have to repay for something she has done in the past?

5.1

Tomie: Replay

Infected with Tomie's blood, a surgeon disappears, leaving his daughter, Yumi, to try to discover Tomie's identity and to solve the mystery of her father's disappearance.

4.6

Tomie vs Tomie

A young, depressed man is trying to move on with his life after his girlfriend's bizarre death. One day, a mysterious woman notices him at work and convinces his coworkers to introduce him to her.

5.9

Love Ghost

Teenager Midori's family moves back to the city where she lived as a child and is relieved to discover that her old friend Ryusuke still lives there. Her terrifying nightmares begin intersecting with her everyday life. Do her nightly dreams about an anonymous fortune-teller have anything to do with the tragedies plaguing her high school?

6.3

Tales of the Bizarre 25th Anniversary Spring Special: Popular Manga Artist Competition

Commemorating the 25th anniversary of the series. In this work, we collaborate with five popular manga artists such as Go Nagai, Junji Ito, Eiichiro Oda, Kazuo Umezu and Masayuki Ishikawa.

6.0

Long Dream

Strange things lurk in dreams. For Mukoda Tetsurou and the doctors tending to him, things have begun to get stranger as Mukoda begins having longer and longer dreams every night. Can one dream infinity in the span of a night?

5.1

Tomie: Another Face

Tomie is a mysterious, beautiful girl you just can't get rid of. She will come to your life from nowhere, and whatever you do, kill her or love her, she will come back to you in the end.

N/A

The Fearsome Melody

A haunted melody, a used record one must possess. At any cost. Adapted from Junji Ito's short story Used Record.