Junji Ito (Japanese: 伊藤 潤二 Hepburn: Itō Junji, born July 31, 1963) is a Japanese horror mangaka. Some of his most notable works include Tomie, a series chronicling an immortal girl who drives her stricken admirers to madness; Uzumaki, a three-volume series about a town obsessed with spirals; and Gyo, a two-volume story where fish are controlled by a strain of sentient bacteria called "the death stench."

KNOWN FOR

Junji Ito Maniac: Japanese Tales of the Macabre
2023
Junji Ito Collection
2018
Strange: Junji Ito's Tales for Sleepless Nights
2026
Uzumaki
2024
Bloody Smart
2026
Manben: Behind the Scenes of Manga with Urasawa Naoki
2017
Uzumaki
2000
Tomie: Beginning
2005
Gyo: Tokyo Fish Attack
2012
Sangre del Toro
2025
Kakashi
2001
Bloodsucking Darkness

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
8
Directing
1
Writing
34
2026
Living Corpse
as (voice)
2025
Sangre del Toro
as Self
2024
Uzumaki
as Typhoon Voice (voice)
2023
Kaidan. Strange Stories of Japanese Ghosts
as Himself
2019
The Legendary Horror Manga Author - Hino Hideshi
as Self
2019
Horror Manga Theater
2017
Manben: Behind the Scenes of Manga with Urasawa Naoki
1998
Tomie
as Photographer (uncredited)