Natsuhiko Kyogoku

Natsuhiko Kyogoku

Born: March 26, 1963
in Otaru, Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan
Natsuhiko Kyogoku is a Japanese mystery writer. His novels have been turned into feature films and an anime TV show.

Movies for Natsuhiko Kyogoku...

Title: Graveyard Kitaro
Character: Tomubo (voice)
Released: January 10, 2008
Type: TV
Kitarō is a yōkai boy born in a cemetery, and aside from his mostly-decayed father, the last living member of the Ghost tribe. He is missing his left eye, but his hair usually covers the empty socket. He fights for peace between humans and yōkai, which generally involves protecting the former from the wiles of the latter.
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The Great Yokai War
Title: The Great Yokai War
Released: August 6, 2005
Type: Movie
A young boy with a troubled home life becomes "chosen," and he stumbles into the middle of a great war of yōkai (a class of mythological creatures), where he meets a group of friendly yōkai who become his companions through his journey. Now he must fight to protect his friends and free the world of the yōkai from oppression. The yōkai originate in Japanese folklore and range from the cute and silly to the disturbing.
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Summer of Ubume
Title: Summer of Ubume
Character: Disabled veteran (Shigeru Mizuki)
Released: July 15, 2005
Type: Movie
Kyogokudo is a used book seller who doubles as an onmyouji, or Heian style occultist. His friend Sekiguchi brings him the story of a woman who has been pregnant for twenty months. Sekiguchi investigates further with the help of his friend Enokizu, a detective with the unusual ability to see people's memories. They are hired by the impossibly pregnant woman's sister to find the woman's missing husband and lay this whole matter to rest. In the end, they need the help of Kyogokudo to exorcise the family curse.
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The Naked and the Living Dead
Title: The Naked and the Living Dead
Character: Narrator
Released: October 4, 2003
Type: Movie
Kasuko, a female detective who aims at Tamiya, a doctor of medicine who manufactured an android of a serial killer. She heads alone to Tamiya's mansion for revenge on her murdered sister! Set in Kyoto in 1960, an action horror depicting a female detective chasing a bizarre serial murder case.
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Title: Requiem from the Darkness
Character: Kyogoku Tei (voice)
Released: October 3, 2003
Type: TV
Momosuke is a young man with a dream: to travel Japan and collect one hundred stories. He journeys from place to place, searching for tales of the paranormal and bizarre, hoping to collect tales to publish in his book. However, the calm of Momosuke's life soon is shattered by a chance meeting with three sinister beings: Mataichi the priest, Nagamimi the bird-caller, and the beautiful Ogin. Soon, Momosuke learns that there might be more to his newfound comrades than first meets the eye...
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Kindaichi Case Files Movie 2: Deep Blue Massacre
Title: Kindaichi Case Files Movie 2: Deep Blue Massacre
Character: Kouichi Aizawa (voice)
Released: August 21, 1999
Type: Movie
Kindaichi, Miyuki and Fumi are invited to the resort of the Deep Blue Island by their senpai Akane, the daughter of the president of the Aizawa Group. A group of criminals infiltrate the hotel diguised as waiters to kill the members of the Aizawa Group. The criminals don't know their boss in person, and they don't know either that he's in the hotel with the members of the Aizawa Group.