Kazuhiro Kiuchi
Born September 14, 1960 in Minami-ku, Fukuoka, Japan is a Japanese manga artist, film director and novelist. He was director of one segment of Killers.
Also recorded as Kiuchi Kazuhiro
Kazuhiro Kiuchi
- Name
- Kazuhiro Kiuchi
- Born
- 14 September 1960
- Birthplace
- Minami-ku, Fukuoka, Japan
- Occupation
- Manga artist, film director and novelist
- Known for
- Be-Bop High School
- Full name
- 木内 一裕.
- Nationality
- Japan.
- Education
- Kyushu Designer Gakuin.
- Languages
- Japanese.
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Key facts
• Name — Kazuhiro Kiuchi • Native Name — 木内 一裕 • Born — 14 September 1960 • Birthplace — Minami-ku, Fukuoka, Japan • Occupation — Manga artist, film director and novelist • Years Active — Manga: 1983-present Film: 1991-present Novel: 2004-present • Known for — Be-Bop High School • Website — www.facebook.com/Kiuchi.Kazuhiro.BeBop
Manga series
Manga series
• Be-Bop High School (1983–2003) • Saru Banchō (1996–1997) • MI-4 (1998–1999)
Novels
Novels
• Wara no Tate, 2004 (Film: Shield of Straw, directed by Takashi Miike, 2013) • English translation: Shield of Straw, translated by Asumi Shibata, Vertical, 2016 • Mizu no Naka no Inu, 2007 • English translation: A Dog in Water, translated by Maya Rosewood, Vertical, 2013 • Auto ando Auto (Out & Out), 2009 • Kiddo (Kid), 2010 • Deddobōru (Dead Ball), 2011 • Kamisama no Okurimono, 2012 • Kenka-Zaru, 2013
Identity
Identity
Kazuhiro Kiuchi is recorded with the occupation comics artist. Recorded with the occupation film director. Recorded as novelist, film director, mangaka, screenwriter and writer. Recorded at birth as 木内 一裕.
Life and career
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Life and career
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1960
Kazuhiro Kiuchi was born on 14 September 1960.
1996
Kazuhiro Kiuchi's Joker (1996) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.
Films
• Carlos (1991 film) (1991) • Be-Bop High School (1994) • Joker (1996) • Tetsu to Namari (1997) • Kyōhansha (1999) • Pay Off (Killers) (2003) • Out and Out (2018)
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- “Kazuhiro Kiuchi”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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- 1.Facebook.
- 2.Joel Hahn. Kodansha Manga Awards. Comic Book Awards Almanac.
- 3.Jackson, Earl. V-Cinema Essentials: Bullets & Betrayal. Arrow Video. 20. 29 April 2025.
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