Kazuo Koike photo

Kazuo Koike

Writing

  • Born
  • May 8, 1936
  • Died
  • April 17, 2019
  • Place of birth
  • Sanoh, Ootamachi-ota, Daisen-City, Senboku, Akita

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.

As actor 3

Archive: Lone Wolf and Cub poster
Archive: Lone Wolf and Cub
2008
Blade of a Father, Soul of a Sword poster
Blade of a Father, Soul of a Sword
2005
A Beautiful Demon: Kazuo Koike on 'Lady Snowblood' poster
A Beautiful Demon: Kazuo Koike on 'Lady Snowblood'
2016

On the crew 49

Lone Wolf and Cub poster
Lone Wolf and Cub
1973
Crying Freeman poster
Crying Freeman
1988
Crying Freeman poster
Crying Freeman
1995
Shogun Assassin poster
Shogun Assassin
1980
Bohachi Bushido: The Villain poster
Bohachi Bushido: The Villain
1974
Lady Snowblood poster
Lady Snowblood
1973
Mad Bull 34 poster
Mad Bull 34
1990
Electroid Zaborger 7 poster
Electroid Zaborger 7
1974
Hanzo the Razor: Sword of Justice poster
Hanzo the Razor: Sword of Justice
1972
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in Peril poster
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in Peril
1972
Lone Wolf and Cub: White Heaven in Hell poster
Lone Wolf and Cub: White Heaven in Hell
1974
Lady Snowblood 2: Love Song of Vengeance poster
Lady Snowblood 2: Love Song of Vengeance
1974
Bohachi Bushido: Code of the Forgotten Eight poster
Bohachi Bushido: Code of the Forgotten Eight
1973
Crying Freeman 2: Shades of Death, Part 1 poster
Crying Freeman 2: Shades of Death, Part 1
1989
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in the Land of Demons poster
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in the Land of Demons
1973
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart at the River Styx poster
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart at the River Styx
1972
Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance poster
Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance
1972
Lone Wolf & Child: Assassin on the Road to Hell poster
Lone Wolf & Child: Assassin on the Road to Hell
1989
Crying Freeman 5: Abduction in Chinatown poster
Crying Freeman 5: Abduction in Chinatown
1992
Demon Spies poster
Demon Spies
1974
Hanappe Bazooka poster
Hanappe Bazooka
1992
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart to Hades poster
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart to Hades
1972
Lone Wolf and Cub: The Final Conflict poster
Lone Wolf and Cub: The Final Conflict
1993
The Dragon from Russia poster
The Dragon from Russia
1990
Hanzo the Razor: The Snare poster
Hanzo the Razor: The Snare
1973
Crying Freeman 1: Portrait of a Killer poster
Crying Freeman 1: Portrait of a Killer
1988
Kōkōsei burai hikae: Kanjirū Muramasa poster
Kōkōsei burai hikae: Kanjirū Muramasa
1973
Broken Oath poster
Broken Oath
1977
The Princess Blade poster
The Princess Blade
2001
Darling Betty - Demon Story poster
Darling Betty - Demon Story
1986
Lone Wolf and Cub poster
Lone Wolf and Cub
1984
A Tale of Two Truncheons poster
A Tale of Two Truncheons
1984
Odokumiyaku Shushou Kawaite sōrō
1983
The Scarred Man poster
The Scarred Man
1986
Master Dochu, Grudge and Love poster
Master Dochu, Grudge and Love
1995
Hanzo: The Razor poster
Hanzo: The Razor
1984
Crying Freeman 4: A Taste of Revenge poster
Crying Freeman 4: A Taste of Revenge
1991
Hanzo, the Razor poster
Hanzo, the Razor
1993
A Samurai's Sorrow poster
A Samurai's Sorrow
1993
A Samurai's Sorrow: The Deadly Sword
1984
Crying Freeman 3: Shades of Death, Part 2 poster
Crying Freeman 3: Shades of Death, Part 2
1990
Killer's Romance poster
Killer's Romance
1990
The Fugitive Samurai poster
The Fugitive Samurai
1984
Crying Freeman 6: The Guiding Light of Memory poster
Crying Freeman 6: The Guiding Light of Memory
1994
Hanjiro, A Great Philanderer poster
Hanjiro, A Great Philanderer
1975
Murderous Love poster
Murderous Love
1973
Kasajiro: Truncheon versus Sword poster
Kasajiro: Truncheon versus Sword
1982
Kôkôsei burai hikae: Tsuki no Muramasa poster
Kôkôsei burai hikae: Tsuki no Muramasa
1973
Midnight Demon poster
Midnight Demon
1984