Kazuo Koike
Born: 1936-05-08 in Sanoh, Ootamachi-ota, Daisen-City, Senboku, Akita
Died: 2019-04-17
Known For: Writing
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.
Filmography
2016
2005
2001
- The Princess Blade ... (Comic Book)
1995
- Crying Freeman ... (Comic Book)
- Master Dochu, Grudge and Love ... (Novel)
1994
- Crying Freeman 6: The Guiding Light of Memory ... (Comic Book)
1993
- Lone Wolf and Cub: The Final Conflict ... (Comic Book)
- Hanzo, the Razor ... (Comic Book)
- A Samurai's Sorrow ... (Story)
1992
- Hanappe Bazooka ... (Author)
- Crying Freeman 5: Abduction in Chinatown ... (Comic Book)
1991
- Crying Freeman 4: A Taste of Revenge ... (Comic Book)
1990
- Mad Bull 34 ... (Novel)
- The Dragon from Russia ... (Comic Book)
- Killer's Romance ... (Comic Book)
- Crying Freeman 3: Shades of Death, Part 2 ... (Comic Book)
1989
- Lone Wolf & Child: Assassin on the Road to Hell ... (Original Story)
- Crying Freeman 2: Shades of Death, Part 1 ... (Comic Book)
1988
- Crying Freeman ... (Creator)
- Crying Freeman 1: Portrait of a Killer ... (Comic Book)
1986
- Darling Betty - Demon Story ... (Original Story)
- The Scarred Man ... (Original Story)
1984
- Midnight Demon ... (Story)
- A Tale of Two Truncheons ... (Original Story)
- Lone Wolf and Cub ... (Original Story)
- The Fugitive Samurai ... (Writer)
- A Samurai's Sorrow: The Deadly Sword ... (Original Story)
- Hanzo: The Razor ... (Original Story)
1983
- Odokumiyaku Shushou Kawaite sōrō ... (Original Story)
1982
- Kasajiro: Truncheon versus Sword ... (Novel)
1980
- Shogun Assassin ... (Screenplay)
1977
- Broken Oath ... (Comic Book)
1975
- Hanjiro, A Great Philanderer ... (Comic Book)
1974
- Bohachi Bushido: The Villain ... (Comic Book)
- Electroid Zaborger 7 ... (Original Concept)
- Lone Wolf and Cub: White Heaven in Hell ... (Original Story)
- Lady Snowblood 2: Love Song of Vengeance ... (Comic Book)
- Demon Spies ... (Author)
1973
- Lone Wolf and Cub ... (Writer)
- Lady Snowblood ... (Comic Book)
- Bohachi Bushido: Code of the Forgotten Eight ... (Author)
- Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in the Land of Demons ... (Original Story)
- Hanzo the Razor: The Snare ... (Story)
- Kôkôsei burai hikae: Tsuki no Muramasa ... (Comic Book)
- Kōkōsei burai hikae: Kanjirū Muramasa ... (Original Story)
- Murderous Love ... (Script)
1972
- Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in Peril ... (Screenplay)
- Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart at the River Styx ... (Screenplay)
- Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart to Hades ... (Screenplay)
- Hanzo the Razor: Sword of Justice ... (Screenplay)
- Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance ... (Screenplay)