Kazuo Koike
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Writing
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
- A Beautiful Demon: Kazuo Koike on 'Lady Snowblood' (2016)
- Archive: Lone Wolf and Cub (2008)
- Blade of a Father, Soul of a Sword (2005)
- The Princess Blade (2001)
- Master Dochu, Grudge and Love (1995)
- Crying Freeman (1995)
- Crying Freeman 6: The Guiding Light of Memory (1994)
- A Samurai's Sorrow (1993)
- Lone Wolf and Cub: The Final Conflict (1993)
- Hanzo, the Razor (1993)
- Crying Freeman 5: Abduction in Chinatown (1992)
- Hanappe Bazooka (1992)
- Crying Freeman 4: A Taste of Revenge (1991)
- The Dragon from Russia (1990)
- Killer's Romance (1990)
- Crying Freeman 3: Shades of Death, Part 2 (1990)
- Crying Freeman 2: Shades of Death, Part 1 (1989)
- Lone Wolf & Child: Assassin on the Road to Hell (1989)
- Crying Freeman 1: Portrait of a Killer (1988)
- Darling Betty - Demon Story (1986)
- The Scarred Man (1986)
- Midnight Demon (1984)
- Lone Wolf and Cub (1984)
- Hanzo: The Razor (1984)
- A Samurai's Sorrow: The Deadly Sword (1984)
- The Fugitive Samurai (1984)
- Odokumiyaku Shushou Kawaite sōrō (1983)
- Kasajiro: Truncheon versus Sword (1982)
- Shogun Assassin (1980)
- Broken Oath (1977)
- Hanjiro, A Great Philanderer (1975)
- Lady Snowblood 2: Love Song of Vengeance (1974)
- Lone Wolf and Cub: White Heaven in Hell (1974)
- Demon Spies (1974)
- Bohachi Bushido: The Villain (1974)
- Lady Snowblood (1973)
- Murderous Love (1973)
- Hanzo the Razor: The Snare (1973)
- Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in the Land of Demons (1973)
- Kōkōsei burai hikae: Kanjirū Muramasa (1973)
- Kôkôsei burai hikae: Tsuki no Muramasa (1973)
- Bohachi Bushido: Code of the Forgotten Eight (1973)
- Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in Peril (1972)
- Hanzo the Razor: Sword of Justice (1972)
- Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart to Hades (1972)
- Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart at the River Styx (1972)
- Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance (1972)