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Director
Kazuo Koike
Writing
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
1.3
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Directed movies: 0Directed series: 0All crew credits: 48
TMDB ID: 25470
IMDb ID: nm0463521
Known for: Writing
Born: May 8, 1936
Died: April 17, 2019
Age: 82
Place of birth: Sanoh, Ootamachi-ota, Daisen-City, Senboku, Akita
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1972 - 2016
Years active: 45
Average TMDB rating: 6.64
Wikidata: Q967455
Also known as
小池 一夫 • 小池一雄（筆名）
Frequent jobs
Comic Book (16)Original Story (9)Screenplay (8)Author (3)Novel (3)Story (3)Writer (2)Characters (1)
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.
Movies
Top Rated Movies
Highest rated movies linked with Kazuo Koike.
7.5
Lady Snowblood
Comic Book
1973 Movie
7.4
Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance
Screenplay
1972 Movie
7.3
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart at the River Styx
Screenplay
1972 Movie
7.3
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in Peril
Screenplay
1972 Movie
7.3
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in the Land of Demons
Screenplay
1973 Movie
7.1
Lone Wolf and Cub: White Heaven in Hell
Original Story
1974 Movie
7.1
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart to Hades
Screenplay
1972 Movie
6.9
Shogun Assassin
Screenplay
1980 Movie
6.4
Lady Snowblood 2: Love Song of Vengeance
Comic Book
1974 Movie
6.3
Crying Freeman
Comic Book
1995 Movie
Movies
Most Popular Movies
Most viewed movie titles linked with Kazuo Koike.
6.3
Crying Freeman
Comic Book
1995 Movie
5.6
Crying Freeman 2: Shades of Death, Part 1
Comic Book
1989 Movie
5.0
Crying Freeman 5: Abduction in Chinatown
Comic Book
1992 Movie
Archive: Lone Wolf and Cub
2008 Movie
7.3
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart at the River Styx
Screenplay
1972 Movie
7.4
Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance
Screenplay
1972 Movie
7.3
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in Peril
Screenplay
1972 Movie
7.1
Lone Wolf and Cub: White Heaven in Hell
Original Story
1974 Movie
7.5
Lady Snowblood
Comic Book
1973 Movie
6.6
Bohachi Bushido: Code of the Forgotten Eight
Author
1973 Movie
6.5
Bohachi Bushido: The Villain
Comic Book
1974 Movie
7.1
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart to Hades
Screenplay
1972 Movie
Series
Most Popular Series
Most viewed series linked with Kazuo Koike.
Movies
Other Crew Work in Movies
Additional movie credits for Kazuo Koike.
5.7
The Princess Blade
Comic Book
2001 Movie
4.0
Master Dochu, Grudge and Love
Novel
1995 Movie
6.3
Crying Freeman
Comic Book
1995 Movie
5.0
Crying Freeman 6: The Guiding Light of Memory
Comic Book
1994 Movie
A Samurai's Sorrow
Story
1993 Movie
7.6
Lone Wolf and Cub: The Final Conflict
Comic Book
1993 Movie
Hanzo, the Razor
Characters
1993 Movie
5.0
Crying Freeman 5: Abduction in Chinatown
Comic Book
1992 Movie
6.0
Hanappe Bazooka
Author
1992 Movie
5.5
Crying Freeman 4: A Taste of Revenge
Comic Book
1991 Movie
5.3
The Dragon from Russia
Comic Book
1990 Movie
4.1
Killer's Romance
Comic Book
1990 Movie
6.0
Crying Freeman 3: Shades of Death, Part 2
Comic Book
1990 Movie
5.6
Crying Freeman 2: Shades of Death, Part 1
Comic Book
1989 Movie
6.3
Lone Wolf & Child: Assassin on the Road to Hell
Original Story
1989 Movie
5.8
Crying Freeman 1: Portrait of a Killer
Comic Book
1988 Movie
Series
Other Crew Work in Series
Additional series credits for Kazuo Koike.
Movies
Acting Appearances in Movies
Movie cast credits for Kazuo Koike.
