Hideshi Hino (日野日出志 ''Hino Hideshi'', born April 19, 1946) is a Japanese

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who specializes in horror stories. His

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include ''Hell Baby'', ''Hino Horrors'', and '' Panorama of Hell''. He also wrote and directed two entries in the ''

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'' series of

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s: ''

Flower of Flesh and Blood is a 1985 Japanese horror film written and directed by Hideshi Hino. The second film in the ''Guinea Pig'' film series, it is based on a manga by Hino, and stars Hiroshi Tamura and Kirara Yūgao. The film's plot concerns a man dressed as a samu ...

'' (1985), and '' Mermaid in a Manhole'' (1988).

Biography

Hideshi Hino was born in

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to Japanese immigrant workers in Japanese-occupied

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just when Japan surrendered at the end of

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to the invading Soviet forces. His family escaped to Japan fearing retribution from 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

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and his father used to be a pig farmer with a spider

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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 artists

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and

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inspired the young Hino to express himself in the medium of manga instead. He originally began in

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, and his first professional work, the short story ''Tsumetai Ase'', was published in

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's experimental manga magazine ''COM'' in 1967. From 1968 on, he published in the alternative manga magazine

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. With 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 found a large following in the world of

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. Works such as ''Dead Little Girl'' and ''Ghost School'' were prominently featured in shojo magazines. In 2004,

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made a series of six

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films, based on his manga, called ''

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''. One of Hino's hobbies is maintaining

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s. He is also a practitioner of

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Works

*''Tsumetai Ase'' (つめたい汗), 1967, published in ''COM'' *''Sabu no Machi'' (恐怖! 四次元の町 - サブの町), 1977-1978, published in ''

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'' *''Hell Baby'' (恐怖・地獄少女, ''Kyofu Jigoku Shōjo''), 1982 *The '' Hino Horror'' series: **''Hino Horror Volume 1: The Red Snake'' (赤い蛇 ''Akai Hebi'') (1983, one shot). Published in France as ''Serpent Rouge'' by Éditions IMHO . **''Hino Horror Volume 2: The Bug Boy'' (毒虫小僧 ''Dokumushi Kozō'') (1975, one shot). Published in France as ''L'Enfant Insecte'' by Éditions IMHO in November 2010. **''Hino Horror Volume 3-4: Oninbo and the Bugs from Hell'' (地獄虫を食う! 鬼んぼ ''Jigoku Mushi Woku! Oninbo'') (2 vol.). **''Hino Horror Volume 5: The Living Corpse'' (死肉の男 ''Shiniku no Otoko'') (1986, one shot). **''Hino Horror Volume 6: Black Cat'' (黒猫の眼が闇に ''Kuro Neko no Megayamini'') **''Hino Horror Volume 7-8: The Collection'' (Mコレクション ''M Collection'') (1995-1996, 2 vol., published in '' Horror M'' **''Hino Horror Volume 9: Ghost School'' **''Hino Horror Volume 10: Death's Reflection'' **''Hino Horror Volume 11: Gallery of Horrors'' (恐怖ギャラリー ''Kyōfu Gallery'') (1998, one shot). **''Hino Horror Volume 12: Mystique Mandala of Hell'' (怪奇!地獄まんだら ''Kaiki! Jigoku Mandara'') (1982, one shot). **''Hino Horror Volume 13: Zipangu Night'' (ジパングナイト) (1997, one shot). **''Hino Horror Volume 14: Skin And Bone'' **''Hino Horror Volume 15: The Experiment'' **''Hino Horror Volume 16: Who's That Girl?'' *'' Comics Underground Japan'' (short story ''Laughing Ball'') *'' The Art of Hideshi Hino'' *''Genshoku no kotō. Bokura no sensei'' (幻色の孤島（ぼくらの先生）) (1972, one shot). Published in Spain as ''La isla de las pesadillas''. *''Zōroku no Kibyō'' (蔵六の奇病) (1976, one shot). Published in Spain as ''La enfermedad de Zoroku''. *'' Lullabies from Hell'' (地獄の子守唄) (1977, one shot). *''City of Pigs'' (ブタの町, ''Buta no Machi'') (1983) * (1984, one shot). Published in France as ''Panorama de l'enfer'' by Éditions IMHO . Published in Italy as ''Visioni d'Inferno'' by Telemaco Comics. *''Circus Kitan'' (サーカス奇譚) (1991, one shot). Published in Spain as ''Circo de monstruos''. *''Masterpiece of the bizarre'' (怪奇傑作選 ''Kaiki kessakusen'') (2015, one shot). Published in Spain as ''Historias de la máscara'' by Ediciones La Cúpula, S.L.

Filmography

References

External links

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