Portrait of Junji Ito

Writing

Junji Ito

Career

Active from 1998 to 2026, with a break from 2016 to 2025, busiest in 2000 with 3 main titles.

Average score
GoodWatch score46/100
Highest rated
Poster for Uzumaki
Uzumaki
GoodWatch score59/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 15 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 6.2 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 2.6 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 1.6 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.9 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.2 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.4 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Junji Ito Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Wholesome
    0.6, average 3.4
  • Class & Capitalism
    0.8, average 3.3
  • Catharsis
    2.6, average 5.1
  • Situational Comedy
    0.3, average 2.7

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Body Horror 8
  • Japanese Horror 5
  • Unsettling Atmosphere 4
  • Psychological Dread 3
  • Supernatural 3
  • Junji Ito Adaptation 2
  • Supernatural Mystery 2
  • Mystery 2
  • Psychological Thriller 2
  • Gothic Horror 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

29
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

Upcoming

1 title
Bloodsucking Darkness
Bloodsucking Darkness

Comic Book

2020s

3 titles · average score 73
The Fearsome Melody
The Fearsome Melody (2026)

Novel

Living Corpse
Living Corpse (2026)

as (voice)

Uzumaki
Uzumaki (2024)
GoodWatch score 73

TV show · as Typhoon Voice (voice)

2010s

7 titles · average score 43
Horror Manga Theater
Horror Manga Theater (2019)

TV show

Manben: Behind the Scenes of Manga with Urasawa Naoki
Manben: Behind the Scenes of Manga with Urasawa Naoki (2015)

TV show

Tales of the Bizarre 25th Anniversary Spring Special: Popular Manga Artist Competition
Tales of the Bizarre 25th Anniversary Spring Special: Popular Manga Artist Competition (2015)

Comic Book

The Earthbound
The Earthbound (2015)

Novel

Gyo: Tokyo Fish Attack
Gyo: Tokyo Fish Attack (2012)
GoodWatch score 47

Novel

Tomie: Unlimited
Tomie: Unlimited (2011)
GoodWatch score 40

Novel

Tomio
Tomio (2011)

Writer, Novel

2000s

16 titles · average score 50
Tomie vs Tomie
Tomie vs Tomie (2007)
GoodWatch score 49

Novel

Tomie: Beginning
Tomie: Beginning (2005)
GoodWatch score 47

Novel

Tomie: Revenge
Tomie: Revenge (2005)
GoodWatch score 40

Novel

Marronnier
Marronnier (2004)
GoodWatch score 34

Novel

Tomie: Forbidden Fruit
Tomie: Forbidden Fruit (2002)
GoodWatch score 52

Comic Book

Tomie: Rebirth
Tomie: Rebirth (2001)
GoodWatch score 54

Novel

Kakashi
Kakashi (2001)
GoodWatch score 54

Author, Original Story

Love Ghost
Love Ghost (2001)
GoodWatch score 53

Comic Book

Uzumaki
Uzumaki (2000)
GoodWatch score 59

Novel

Tomie: Replay
Tomie: Replay (2000)
GoodWatch score 46

Novel

Oshikiri
Oshikiri (2000)

Novel

Long Dream
Long Dream (2000)
GoodWatch score 63

Comic Book

1990s

2 titles · average score 43
Tomie: Another Face
Tomie: Another Face (1999)
GoodWatch score 39

Novel

Tomie
Tomie (1998)
GoodWatch score 48

as Photographer (uncredited)