Kazuo Komizu

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name = Kazuo "Gaira" Komizu
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birthdate = December 14, 1946
birthplace = Miyagi Prefecture, Japan
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occupation = Film director and screenwriter
yearsactive = 1968 – present
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nihongo|Kazuo Komizu|小水 一男|Komizu Kazuo|born December 14, 1946 is a respected Japanese film director from Miyagi Prefecture, mainly focusing on violent sex & gore films.

He has a small following outside of Japan thanks to a couple of notorious films-"Entrails of a Beauty" and "Entrails of a Virgin". This type of film, (low budget, yet high production values and shot on video) helped usher in a new era of "extreme asia" movies.

His nickname, "Gaira", apparently comes from a Japanese monster in the film nihongo |"War of the Gargantuas"|フランケンシュタインの怪獣 サンダ対ガイラ|"Furankenshutain no kaijū: Sanda tai Gaira" (1966).

Filmography

* "Seiyugi" (1968)
* "Go, Go Second Time Virgin" (1969) (writing)
* "Seizoku" (1970)
* "Sailor-fuku shikijo shiiku" (1982)
* "" (1985)
* "Bijo no harawata" (1986)
* "Shojo no harawata" (1986)
* "Ryôjoku mesu ichiba - kankin" (1986)
* "Gômon kifujin" (1987)
* "Hoshi tsugu mono" (1990)
* "Batoru garu" (1992)
* "" (1993)
* "Gokudo no ane Reiko" (1995)

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Bibliography

* Hamamoto, Maki. "Entrails of Kazuo Komizu" (interview), in "Asian Cult Cinema", #45.