Kazuo Koike
Writing
Born: May 8, 1936 · Sanoh, Ootamachi-ota, Daisen-City, Senboku, Akita
Died: April 17, 2019 (aged 82)
Highest Rated
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
Lady Snowblood
1973
Crying Freeman
1995
Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance
1972
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart at the River Styx
1972
Shogun Assassin
1980
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart to Hades
1972
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in Peril
1972
Lady Snowblood 2: Love Song of Vengeance
1974
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in the Land of Demons
1973
Lone Wolf and Cub: White Heaven in Hell
1974
Hanzo the Razor: Sword of Justice
1972
Hanzo the Razor: The Snare
1973
Photos (1)
Movies (1)
Self / Appearances (2)
Directing (1)
Writing (54)
Lone Wolf and Cub
Writer
Crying Freeman
Comic Book
Shogun Assassin
Screenplay
Shogun Assassin
Original Story
Bohachi Bushido: The Villain
Comic Book
Mad Bull 34
Novel
Lady Snowblood
Comic Book
Bohachi Bushido: Code of the Forgotten Eight
Author
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in Peril
Screenplay
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in Peril
Original Story
Electroid Zaborger 7
Original Concept
Lady Snowblood 2: Love Song of Vengeance
Comic Book
Hanzo the Razor: Sword of Justice
Screenplay
Hanzo the Razor: Sword of Justice
Original Story
The Dragon from Russia
Comic Book
Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance
Screenplay
Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance
Comic Book
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart at the River Styx
Screenplay
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart at the River Styx
Original Story
A Tale of Two Truncheons
Original Story
Hanappe Bazooka
Author
Crying Freeman 2: Shades of Death, Part 1
Comic Book
Crying Freeman 1: Portrait of a Killer
Comic Book
The Princess Blade
Comic Book
Lone Wolf & Child: Assassin on the Road to Hell
Original Story
Lone Wolf and Cub: White Heaven in Hell
Original Story
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart to Hades
Screenplay
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart to Hades
Original Story
Hanzo the Razor: The Snare
Story
Crying Freeman 5: Abduction in Chinatown
Comic Book
Broken Oath
Comic Book
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in the Land of Demons
Screenplay
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in the Land of Demons
Original Story
Crying Freeman 3: Shades of Death, Part 2
Comic Book
Midnight Demon
Story
Crying Freeman 4: A Taste of Revenge
Comic Book
Darling Betty - Demon Story
Original Story
A Samurai's Sorrow
Story
Kasajiro: Truncheon versus Sword
Novel
Lone Wolf and Cub
Original Story
Kōkōsei burai hikae: Kanjirū Muramasa
Original Story
Lone Wolf and Cub: The Final Conflict
Comic Book
The Fugitive Samurai
Writer
Demon Spies
Author
The Scarred Man
Original Story
Crying Freeman 6: The Guiding Light of Memory
Comic Book
Hanzo: The Razor
Original Story
Killer's Romance
Comic Book
Hanzo, the Razor
Characters
Hanzo, the Razor
Comic Book
Kôkôsei burai hikae: Tsuki no Muramasa
Screenplay
Kôkôsei burai hikae: Tsuki no Muramasa
Comic Book
Master Dochu, Grudge and Love
Novel
Hanjiro, A Great Philanderer
Comic Book
