Writer
Kazuo Koike
90 years · Sanoh, Ootamachi-ota, Daisen-City, Senboku, Akita · 13 films
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.
Best known for
Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance
1972 · Screenplay
On HBO Max
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart at the River Styx
1972 · Screenplay
On HBO Max
Shogun Assassin
1980 · Screenplay
On Criterion Channel
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart to Hades
1972 · Screenplay
On HBO Max
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in Peril
1972 · Screenplay
On HBO Max
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in the Land of Demons
1973 · Screenplay
On HBO Max
Filmography 13
A Beautiful Demon: Kazuo Koike on 'Lady Snowblood'
2016 · Self
Archive: Lone Wolf and Cub
2008 · Actor
Blade of a Father, Soul of a Sword
2005 · Self
Darling Betty - Demon Story
1986 · Director
The Fugitive Samurai
1984 · Writer
Shogun Assassin
1980 · Screenplay
On Criterion Channel
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in the Land of Demons
1973 · Screenplay
On HBO Max
Kôkôsei burai hikae: Tsuki no Muramasa
1973 · Screenplay
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in Peril
1972 · Screenplay
On HBO Max
Hanzo the Razor: Sword of Justice
1972 · Screenplay
On Brew
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart to Hades
1972 · Screenplay
On HBO Max
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart at the River Styx
1972 · Screenplay
On HBO Max
Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance
1972 · Screenplay
On HBO Max