Kazuo Koike

Writer 36 / Author 3 / Director · 1972 – 2008 · 🎬 38 📖 3 · 🇯🇵 Japan

Kazuo Koike was a prolific Japanese manga writer (gensakusha), novelist, screenwriter, lyricist and entrepreneur. He is best known for his violent, artful seinen manga, notably Lone Wolf and Cub, Lady Snowblood and Crying Freeman, which – along with their numerous media adaptations − have been credited for their influence on the international growth of Japanese popular culture.

All · 41 🎬 Movies · 38 📖 Books · 3

Action Drama Animation Adventure Thriller

Highlights

Crying Freeman 2: Shades of Death, Part 1

Crying Freeman 2: Shades of Death, Part 1

1989

Lone Wolf & Child: Assassin on the Road to Hell

Lone Wolf & Child: Assassin on the Road to Hell

1989

Crying Freeman 1: Portrait of a Killer

Crying Freeman 1: Portrait of a Killer

1988

Frequent Collaborators

Goseki Kojima

12 shared

Tomisaburō Wakayama

Tomisaburō Wakayama

8 shared

Akihiro Tomikawa

7 shared

Shin Kishida

7 shared

Kenji Misumi

6 shared

Toshio Furukawa

Toshio Furukawa

5 shared

All decades 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s

🎬 Movies

Crying Freeman 2: Shades of Death, Part 1

Crying Freeman 2: Shades of Death, Part 1

writer

1989

Lone Wolf & Child: Assassin on the Road to Hell

Lone Wolf & Child: Assassin on the Road to Hell

writer

1989

Crying Freeman 1: Portrait of a Killer

Crying Freeman 1: Portrait of a Killer

writer

1988

Darling Betty - Demon Story

Darling Betty - Demon Story

writer

1986

Darling Betty - Demon Story

Darling Betty - Demon Story

director

1986

The Scarred Man

The Scarred Man

writer

1986

The Fugitive Samurai

The Fugitive Samurai

writer

1984

Odokumiyaku Shushou Kawaite sōrō

writer

1983

Kasajiro: Truncheon versus Sword

Kasajiro: Truncheon versus Sword

writer

1982

Shogun Assassin

Shogun Assassin

writer

1980

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