ルチオ・フルティン

A zombie director brought back to "life" to direct a movie for Shinozaki Sachiko.

Lucio's namesake is based off an Italian film director, Lucio Fulci, who is known as the "Godfather of Gore".
However, his appearance is based off of George Andrew Romero, American-Canadian film director, writer, editor and actor. Who's regarded as an influential pioneer of the horror movie genre, in particular zombie films.