Curiosidades

The son of Japanese proletarian painter Toki Okamoto, and was one of the few people to be photographed with the tortured corpse of proletarian leader Kobayashi Takiji.

A pioneer of the gekiga (drama) manga genre.

Shirato developed his artistic style through painting picture-card shows (kamishibai) after finishing middle school at 18.

He died on October 8, 2021 at the age of 89 due to aspiration pneumonia.[4] The news of his death was announced by the editorial department of Big Comic on October 26, 2021. It was also reported that his brother Tetsuji Okamoto died four days later of interstitial pneumonia.