Kazuo Koike
- Writing
- May 8, 1936 · Sanoh, Ootamachi-ota, Daisen-City, Senboku, Akita
- April 17, 2019
Biography
Kazuo Koike (Japanese: 小池 一夫, Hepburn: Koike Kazuo; May 8, 1936 – April 17, 2019) was a prolific Japanese manga writer, novelist, screenwriter, lyricist and entrepreneur. He is best known for his violent, artful seinen manga, notably Lone Wolf and Cub (with Goseki Kojima, 1970–6), Lady Snowblood (with Kazuo Kamimura, 1972–3) and Crying Freeman (with Ryoichi Ikegami, 1986–8), which – along with their numerous media adaptations − have been credited for their influence on the international growth of Japanese popular culture.
Known for
Filmography
- A Beautiful Demon: Kazuo Koike on 'Lady Snowblood' · Self
- Archive: Lone Wolf and Cub
- Blade of a Father, Soul of a Sword · Self
- The Princess Blade · Comic Book
- Master Dochu, Grudge and Love · Novel
- Crying Freeman · Comic Book
- Crying Freeman 6: The Guiding Light of Memory · Comic Book
- A Samurai's Sorrow · Story
- Lone Wolf and Cub: The Final Conflict · Comic Book
- Hanzo, the Razor · Characters, Comic Book
- Crying Freeman 5: Abduction in Chinatown · Comic Book
- Hanappe Bazooka · Author
- Crying Freeman 4: A Taste of Revenge · Comic Book
- Mad Bull 34 · Novel, Creator
- The Dragon from Russia · Comic Book
- Killer's Romance · Comic Book
- Crying Freeman 3: Shades of Death, Part 2 · Comic Book
- Crying Freeman 2: Shades of Death, Part 1 · Comic Book
- Lone Wolf & Child: Assassin on the Road to Hell · Story, Creator
- Crying Freeman · Creator
- Crying Freeman 1: Portrait of a Killer · Comic Book
- Darling Betty - Demon Story · Story, Director
- The Scarred Man · Story
- Midnight Demon · Story
- A Tale of Two Truncheons · Story, Creator
- Lone Wolf and Cub · Story
- Hanzo: The Razor · Story
- A Samurai's Sorrow: The Deadly Sword · Story
- The Fugitive Samurai · Writer
- Odokumiyaku Shushou Kawaite sōrō · Story
- Kasajiro: Truncheon versus Sword · Novel
- Shogun Assassin · Screenplay, Story
- Broken Oath · Comic Book
- Hanjiro, A Great Philanderer · Comic Book
- Lady Snowblood 2: Love Song of Vengeance · Comic Book
- Lone Wolf and Cub: White Heaven in Hell · Story
- Electroid Zaborger 7 · Original Concept, Creator
- Demon Spies · Author
- Bohachi Bushido: The Villain · Comic Book
- Lady Snowblood · Comic Book
- Murderous Love · Script
- Hanzo the Razor: The Snare · Story
- Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in the Land of Demons · Screenplay, Story
- Kōkōsei burai hikae: Kanjirū Muramasa · Story
- Lone Wolf and Cub · Writer, Creator
- Kôkôsei burai hikae: Tsuki no Muramasa · Screenplay, Comic Book
- Bohachi Bushido: Code of the Forgotten Eight · Author
- Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in Peril · Screenplay, Story
- Hanzo the Razor: Sword of Justice · Screenplay, Story
- Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart to Hades · Screenplay, Story
- Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart at the River Styx · Screenplay, Story
- Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance · Screenplay, Comic Book