A Beautiful Demon: Kazuo Koike on 'Lady Snowblood'

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Darling Betty - Demon Story

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Bohachi Bushido: Code of the Forgotten Eight

Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in Peril

Hanzo the Razor: Sword of Justice

Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart to Hades

Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart at the River Styx

Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance

Kazuo Koike (小池 一夫, Koike Kazuo, May 8, 1936 – April 17, 2019) 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 (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.

Kazuo Koike

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A Beautiful Demon: Kazuo Koike on 'Lady Snowblood'

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