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Kazuo Koike

Kazuo Koike

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 in

Born

May 08, 1936

Sanoh, Ootamachi-ota, Daisen-City, Senboku, Akita

Died

Apr 17, 2019

Known For

Writing

Movies

3 acting

55 crew

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