Hideshi Hino

Hideshi Hino is, to me, one of horror's true originals. Born in Manchuria in 1946, he channels something almost primal into work like Panorama of Hell and his Hino Horrors, where the grotesque becomes a sincere meditation on life, death, and decay rather than cheap shock. His wet, lurid linework is instantly his own. That he also directed entries in the notorious Guinea Pig film series shows an artist unafraid of any medium that lets him stare straight at what others flinch from. I deeply respect creators who make the repellent strangely beautiful, and Hino does it like no one else.

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Name (English)

Hideshi Hino

Name (Japanese)

日野日出志

Reading

ひの ひでし

Born

April 19, 1946 (age 80)

Origin

Manchuria, People's Republic of China

Occupation

film director / mangaka / screenwriter / writer

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aries / Dog

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• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hideshi%20Hino
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%97%A5%E9%87%8E%E6%97%A5%E5%87%BA%E5%BF%97
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1617383

Tags

• film director
• mangaka
• screenwriter

Last updated

September 23, 2026

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