Shigeru Mizuki. Mondo Mizuki, Mondo Yokai

100 original works, many of which exhibited outside Japan for the first time, reproductions, magazines, books, video documents and critical texts to recreate the universe of Shigeru Mizuki, one of the greatest masters of Japanese manga. This is Mondo Mizuki, Mondo Yokai, the exhibition curated by Canicola, Vincenzo Filosa and Mizuky Productions, Tokyo which, from the 26th of April to the 30th of August 2025, brings to Casa Cavazzini in Udine the creative universe of a Master without equal, a specialist in stories of yokai - the monstrous apparitions of Japanese mythology - and a scholar of the relative folklore, with all his unique and deeply personal style.

Organized on the occasion of the twenty-seventh edition of the Far East Film Festival, Mondo Mizuki, Mondo Yokai is the first exhibition in Italy, and the second in Europe after the solo exhibition in Angoulême in 2022, to celebrate one of the greatest authors of Japanese sequential art: an initiative that allows manga-lovers - and everyone else - to lose themselves in a world of unforgettable masterpieces.

On the occasion of the exhibition, Canicola is publishing Il mondo delle fessure rotonde: the first anthology in the West to present previously unpublished comic stories together with autobiographical writings and reflections on tkaphe language of manga by Mizuki, published between 1966 and 1980 in the famous 'Garo' magazine, a reference point for the world of alternative manga, and a training ground for many experimental manga authors. The book is a tool for learning about creatures and legends of ancient times, which Mizuki translated into the depths of the great metropolises of modern Japan. Talking warts, ninja clones, waffling alchemists and flying capes populate these stories still unpublished outside Japan, presenting the Italian public with a glimpse into the mind and art of this unparalleled author.

The concept and realisation of Mondo Mizuki, Mondo Yokai are by the C.E.C. - Centro Espressioni Cinematografiche/Far East Film Festival (Udine) in agreement with Mizuki Pro (Japan) and with Canicola (Bologna).
In parallel with the exhibition, the Far East Film Festival 27 will dedicate a retrospective programme to the legendary creatures that populate Asian films, entitled Yokai and Other Monsters: From Asian Folklore to Cinema.
The exhibition is supported by the Autonomous Region of Friuli Venezia Giulia and is part of the "Go!2025&Friends", the event programme linked to GO!2025: Nova Gorica-Gorizia European Capital of Culture, and Casa Cavazzini, Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art (Udine) with the contribution of the Municipality of Udine - Department of Culture and the EU-Japan Fest Japan Committee, and with the support of Credifriuli, Credito Cooperativo Friuli and the Chamber of Commerce of Pordenone-Udine and Amga Energia & Servizi - Commercial Brand of the Hera Group.