George Abe
Japanese comics artist and novelist · Japan · On the map · Writers · Lived 1937 to 2019 · aged 82
Naoya Abe , known by his pen name George Abe , was a Japanese author and former yakuza. Outside Japan, he is best known for writing the manga series Rainbow: Nisha Rokubō no Shichinin in collaboration with artist Masasumi Kakizaki.
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Banmei Takahashi Directed Neo Chinpira: Zoom Goes the Bullet (1990)
Joe Shishido Also in Neo Chinpira: Zoom Goes the Bullet (1990)
Eiichi Kudo Directed Nakibokuro (1991)
Tatsuo Yamada Also in Neo Chinpira: Zoom Goes the Bullet (1990)
Azuma Morisaki Directed Guys Who Never Learn (1987)
Rikiya Yasuoka Also in Neo Chinpira: Zoom Goes the Bullet (1990)
Kōji Shimizu Also in Neo Chinpira: Zoom Goes the Bullet (1990)
Shizuo Yamanouchi Produced Guys Who Never Learn (1987)
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As a teenager, Abe became a member of the Ando-gumi yakuza family, and was later recruited by the Koganei-ikka. In 1986, after leaving the yakuza life, he wrote a novel about his time in Fuchū Prison titled Hei no Naka no Korinai Menmen (塀の中の懲りない面々), which became a bestseller and was adapted into a film. Abe died on September 2, 2019, from pneumonia, aged 82.
