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Gozu (other)
''Gozu'' is a 2003 Japanese horror film by Takashi Miike Gozu may also refer to: Religion and mythology *Gozu Tennō, a Japanese deity * Gozu ("Cow Head"), a Japanese urban legend *Ox-Head, a character in Chinese mythology, known in Japan as Gozu Other *Masao Gozu (born 1946), Japanese photographer and sculptor * Great Gozu, a character in the television series ''Danganronpa 3: The End of Hope's Peak High School'' *Coba Höyük, an archaeological site in Turkey, also known as Sakçe Gözü *Mount Gozu, a mountain at Agano, Niigata is a Cities of Japan, city located in Niigata Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 41,204 in 14,417 households, and a population density of 214 persons per km2. The total area of the city is .Cow head {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gozu
is a 2003 Japanese comedy horror film by Takashi Miike. Plot Ozaki (Aikawa), a mentally unstable yakuza, kills a chihuahua outside a restaurant after becoming convinced that it is actually an attack dog trained to kill gangsters. Seeing Ozaki as a security risk, the head of the Azamawari yakuza clan (Ishibashi) orders fellow underling Minami (Sone) to kill him and dispose of his body in a company depot. Minami, reluctant to murder Ozaki, unwittingly kills him when he pushes him to the ground in an attempt to stop him from killing an innocent woman who he mistook for an assassin. After finding the road he was driving along mysteriously replaced with a large lake, he enters a coffee shop to find a phone. Minami is given a complimentary Chawanmushi that makes him violently throw up in the bathroom and returns to discover that Ozaki's body is missing. When he asks the people in the town, he finds most of them apprehensive and uncooperative. He then sets out to explore the nearly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gozu Tennō
Gozu Tennō (牛頭天王, lit. "Ox-Headed Heavenly King") is a syncretic Japanese deity of disease and healing. Originally imported to Japan from mainland Asia, he was regarded since the Heian period both as a causer of and protector against epidemics and eventually became amalgamated with the native ''kami'' Susanoo during the medieval and early modern periods. During the Meiji period, when the government mandated the separation of Shinto and Buddhism, Shinto shrines dedicated to Gozu Tennō of the Gion cult tradition such as Yasaka Shrine in the Gion district of Kyoto or Tsushima Shrine in Tsushima, Aichi Prefecture or Hiromine Shrine in Hyōgo Prefecture officially reidentified their enshrined deity as Susanoo. Overview The origins and early development of the Gozu Tennō cult before it reached Japan, as well as the process of his amalgamation with other deities, are unclear and a matter of debate. One theory for instance claims that Gozu Tennō was originally a minor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gozu ("Cow Head")
A is a story in Japanese folklore which is circulated as true. These urban legends are characterized by originating in or being popularized throughout the country of Japan. These urban legends commonly involve paranormal entities or creatures who encounter and attack humans, but the term can Mau and other creatures are not known for being a part or also encompass widespread, non-supernatural rumors in popular culture. Urban legends in the former category rarely include the folklore ''yōkai'', instead of being primarily based on contemporary examples of ''yūrei'' (Japanese ghosts). Modern Japanese urban legends tend to occur in schools or urban settings, and some can be considered cautionary tales. Natural legends 1932 Shirokiya Department Store deaths On 16 December 1932, the Shirokiya Department Store fire in Tokyo resulted in 14 deaths. During the fire, many saleswomen in kimono were forced onto the roof of the 8-storey building. Rumors later spread that some of these women r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ox-Head And Horse-Face
Ox-Head () and Horse-Face () are two guardians or types of guardians of the underworld in Chinese mythology. As indicated by their names, both have the bodies of men, but Ox-Head has the head of an ox while Horse-Face has the face of a horse. They are the first beings a dead soul encounters upon entering the underworld; in many stories they directly escort the newly dead to the underworld. Role In their duties as guardians of Diyu, the realm of the dead, their role is to capture human souls who have reached the end of their earthly existence and bring them before the courts of Hell. Souls are then rewarded or punished based on the actions performed in their lifetime. Ox-Head and Horse-Face also play the role of messengers of the king of hell, Yanluo Wang (閻羅王). In one legend, Ox-Head was created by the king when he took pity on a recently deceased ox who had worked hard all his life, so the king made him one of his faithful servants. Chinese mythology In the Chinese ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Masao Gozu
is a Japanese people, Japanese photographer and sculptor who works in and around New York City. Biography Born in Nagano Prefecture in 1946, Gozu attended Toyo Institute of Art and Design (Tōyō Bijutsu Senmon Gakkō) until 1970. The next year he moved to New York, where he studied, graduating in 1973 from Brooklyn Museum Art School. There he photographed people looking out of windows. These photographs are carefully made, with perspective correction. They constituted his first solo exhibition, at O. K. Harris Works of Art in 1980. A second series (1976–81) is of a view, with framing precisely fixed, into the window of Harry's Bar (later renamed Harold's Bar). A third series is "264", identically framed views of 264 the Bowery, occupied by a succession of the destitute and derelict. Gozu's work has been shown in the Ginza Nikon Salon as well as in galleries in New York. He won the 10th Ina Nobuo Award. In December 1990, he won Le prix special du jury, Mois de la phot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Great Gozu
The following is a list of characters from the Spike Chunsoft video game series ''Danganronpa''. The series follows the students of Hope's Peak Academy who are forced into a life of mutual killing by a sadistic teddy bear named Monokuma. The series consists of three games, '' Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc'' (2010), '' Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair'' (2012) and '' Danganronpa Another Episode: Ultra Despair Girls'' (2014), along with a standalone sequel game, '' Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony'' (2017), various spin-off novels and manga including ''Danganronpa Zero'' (2011), '' Kirigiri'' (2013–2020), '' Genocider Mode'' (2015–2017), '' Togami'' (2015–2017), and ''Killer Killer'' (2016–2017), and two anime television series, one an adaptation of the first game in 2013 and the other a sequel and finale, '' Danganronpa 3: The End of Hope's Peak High School'' (2016). Where available, this article uses spellings and terminology featured in the English video games. Overview ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
