Kazuo Koike
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.
Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance
(Screenplay)
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart to Hades
(Screenplay)
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in Peril
(Screenplay)
Shogun Assassin
(Screenplay)
Hanzo the Razor: Sword of Justice
(Screenplay)
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart at the River Styx
(Screenplay)
Demon Spies
(Author)
Bohachi Bushido: Code of the Forgotten Eight
(Author)
Hanappe Bazooka
(Author)
Hanzo the Razor: The Snare
(Story)
Master Dochu, Grudge and Love
(Novel)
The Princess Blade
(Comic Book)
Hanzo, the Razor
(Characters)
Hanzo, the Razor
(Comic Book)
Crying Freeman
(Comic Book)
Lone Wolf & Child: Assassin on the Road to Hell
(Original Story)
Darling Betty - Demon Story
(Original Story)
The Scarred Man
(Original Story)
Kasajiro: Truncheon versus Sword
(Novel)
Odokumiyaku Shushou Kawaite sōrō
(Original Story)
A Samurai's Sorrow: The Deadly Sword
(Original Story)
Lone Wolf & Child: Assassin on the Road to Hell
(Creator)
The Dragon from Russia
(Comic Book)
Killer's Romance
(Comic Book)
Hanzo: The Razor
(Original Story)
Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance
(Comic Book)
Lone Wolf and Cub: The Final Conflict
(Comic Book)
Kôkôsei burai hikae: Tsuki no Muramasa
(Screenplay)
Kôkôsei burai hikae: Tsuki no Muramasa
(Comic Book)
Bohachi Bushido: The Villain
(Comic Book)
Hanjiro, A Great Philanderer
(Comic Book)
Midnight Demon
(Story)
The Fugitive Samurai
(Writer)
Kōkōsei burai hikae: Kanjirū Muramasa
(Original Story)
A Samurai's Sorrow
(Story)
Darling Betty - Demon Story
(Director)
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)
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart at the River Styx
(Original Story)
Lone Wolf and Cub: White Heaven in Hell
(Original Story)
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart to Hades
(Original Story)
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in Peril
(Original Story)
Crying Freeman 1: Portrait of a Killer
(Comic Book)
Crying Freeman 2: Shades of Death, Part 1
(Comic Book)
Crying Freeman 3: Shades of Death, Part 2
(Comic Book)
Crying Freeman 4: A Taste of Revenge
(Comic Book)
Crying Freeman 5: Abduction in Chinatown
(Comic Book)
Crying Freeman 6: The Guiding Light of Memory
(Comic Book)
Hanzo the Razor: Sword of Justice
(Original Story)
Murderous Love
(Script)
Shogun Assassin
(Original Story)
Lone Wolf and Cub
(Original Story)
Broken Oath
(Comic Book)
Lady Snowblood
(Comic Book)
Lady Snowblood 2: Love Song of Vengeance
(Comic Book)
Lone Wolf and Cub
(Writer)
Mad Bull 34
(Novel)
Electroid Zaborger 7
(Original Concept)
A Tale of Two Truncheons
(Original Story)
Lone Wolf and Cub
(Creator)
Crying Freeman
(Creator)
Electroid Zaborger 7
(Creator)
A Tale of Two Truncheons
(Creator)