is a Japanese film director from Miyagi Prefecture, mainly focusing on violent sex and gore films.
Biography He has a small following outside 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. Komizu was the creator of the Japanese cult zombie film Battle Girl: The Living Dead in Tokyo Bay which was screened in 1991.DVD Details: Battle Girl: The Living Dead in Tokyo Bay
His nickname, "Gaira", apparently comes from a Japanese monster in the film (1966).
Filmography Seiyugi (1968) Go, Go Second Time Virgin (1969) (writing) Seizoku (1970) Sailor-fuku shikijo shiiku (1982) Hako no naka no onna: shojo ikenie (1985) Bijo no harawata (1986) Shojo no harawata (1986) Ryôjoku mesu ichiba – kankin (1986) Guzoo The Thing Forsaken By God Part I (1986) Gômon kifujin (1987) Hoshi tsugu mono (1990) Batoru garu (1992) XX: utsukushiki kyôki (1993) Gokudo no ane Reiko (1995)
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Bibliography Hamamoto, Maki. "Entrails of Kazuo Komizu" (interview), in Asian Cult Cinema, #45.