is a Japanese

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, film director and novelist. As a manga writer, he is best known for the series ''

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'', which won the 1988

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for the general category and was adapted as series of live-action movies and as a 7 episode

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series. He was director of one segment of '' Killers''.

Manga series

*''

'' (1983–2003) *Saru Banchō (1996–1997) *MI-4 (1998–1999)

Films

*' (1991) *''

'' (1994) *''Joker'' (1996) *''Tetsu to Namari'' (1997) *''Kyōhansha'' (1999) *''Pay Off'' ('' Killers'') (2003) *''Out and Out'' (2018)

Novels

*, 2004 (Film: ''

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'', directed by

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, 2013) **English translation: ''Shield of Straw'', translated by Asumi Shibata, Vertical, 2016 *, 2007 **English translation: '' A Dog in Water'', translated by Maya Rosewood, Vertical, 2013 *, 2009 *, 2010 *, 2011 *, 2012 *, 2013

References

External links

*
Profile at The Ultimate Manga Site

Kazuhiro Kiuchi
at Vertical Inc 1960 births Living people Artists from Fukuoka Manga artists from Fukuoka Prefecture Winner of Kodansha Manga Award (General) Japanese film directors 20th-century Japanese novelists 21st-century Japanese novelists Japanese crime fiction writers {{manga-artist-stub