Kazuo Koike
Writer
May 8, 1936 — April 17, 2019 (82 years)
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
Filmography
| 1990 | Mad Bull 34 · as Novel |
| 1984 | |
| 1982 | Kasajiro: Truncheon versus Sword · as Novel |
| 1980 | Shogun Assassin · as Screenplay |
| 1973 | Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in the Land of Demons · as Screenplay |
| 1973 | |
| 1973 | High School Student Ruffian: The Sword of Muramasa · as Screenplay |
| 1972 | Hanzo the Razor: Sword of Justice · as ScreenplayOn Plex |
| 1972 | Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in Peril · as Screenplay |
| 1972 | Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart to Hades · as Screenplay |
| 1972 | Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart at the River Styx · as Screenplay |
| 1972 | Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance · as Screenplay |
| 1978 | The South Bank Show · as Self |