is a Japanese film director and screenwriter. He has directed several live-action film adaptations of

manga are comics or graphic novels originating from Japan. Most manga conform to a style developed in Japan in the late 19th century, and the form has a long history in earlier Japanese art. The term is used in Japan to refer to both comics ...

and

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, including ''

The Princess Blade is a 2001 Japanese action film directed by Shinsuke Sato. It is a reimagining of the manga ''Lady Snowblood (manga), Lady Snowblood'' by Kazuo Koike and Kazuo Kamimura. Story Yuki is the last surviving Imperial House of Japan, royal of the Sh ...

'' (2001), ''

Gantz ''Gantz'' (stylized in all caps) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hiroya Oku. It was serialized in Shueisha's manga magazine ''Weekly Young Jump'' from June 2000 to June 2013, with its chapters collected in 37 vo ...

'' (2011), ''

I Am a Hero is a Japanese zombie manga series written and illustrated by Kengo Hanazawa. It was serialized in Shogakukan's manga magazine '' Weekly Big Comic Spirits'' from April 2009 to February 2017, with its chapters collected in 22 volumes. In No ...

'' (2016), ''

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'' (2018), '' Inuyashiki'' (2018), '' Kingdom'' (2019) and its sequels.

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* * 1970 births Japanese film directors Japanese screenwriters Japanese video game designers Living people People from Hiroshima Prefecture {{Japan-writer-stub