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Known For
Writing
Birthday
1936-05-08
Place of Birth
Sanoh, Ootamachi-ota, Daisen-City, Senboku, Akita
Kazuo Koike
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.
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as Creator
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Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart at the River Styx
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as Screenplay
as Screenplay
as Comic Book
Bohachi Bushido: Code of the Forgotten Eight
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as Author
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as Original Story
as Screenplay
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