Chinese Mythology in Popular Culture - Ox-Head and Horse-Face

Ox-Head and Horse-Face

  • In Lone Wolf and Cub, the protagonist, Ogami Itto, has visions about Ox-Head and Horse-face. He refers to them as "Gozu Mezu" and uses drawings of them to advertise his services as an assassin.
  • In the animated version of Rumiko Takahashi's InuYasha, the cast fights with Ox-Head and Horse-Face in order to enter the underworld - but only Sesshomaru, with the healing sword Tenseiga, is allowed to pass without fighting Ox-Head and Horse-Face.
  • Ox-Head appears as the titular character in Takashi Miike's movie Gozu.
  • In Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne, Ox-Head is Gozu-Tenno, one of the main antagonists in the story.
  • Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG features a card named "Mezuki" based on Horse-Head
  • Mezura, the second phantom god from the anime Kotetsushin Jeeg, is based after Horse-Face. Kyo even refers to its fight with Jeeg as Ox-Head and Horse-Face.
  • In the Dragon Ball Z anime, Goku falls off of Snake Way after his first death on his way to King Kai's and meets Gaz and Mez, who are clearly based on these characters.

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