🎬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 international growth of Japanese popular culture.

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Recent movies

#	Name	Character	Rating
1	The Princess Blade (2001)	Director / Writer	-	-
2	Crying Freeman (1995)	Director / Writer		7
3	Lone Wolf and Cub: The Final Conflict (1993)	Director / Writer	-	-
4	Shogun Assassin (1980)	Director / Writer		7.1
5	Lady Snowblood 2: Love Song of Vengeance (1974)	Director / Writer		7.5
6	Lone Wolf and Cub: White Heaven in Hell (1974)	Director / Writer		7.3
7	Lady Snowblood (1973)	Director / Writer		7.5
8	Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in the Land of Demons (1973)	Director / Writer		6.3
9	Kôkôsei burai hikae: Tsuki no Muramasa (1973)	Director / Writer	-	-
10	Hanzo the Razor: The Snare (1973)	Director / Writer		6
11	Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in Peril (1972)	Director / Writer		7.3
12	Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart at the River Styx (1972)	Director / Writer		7.5
13	Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance (1972)	Director / Writer		7.3
14	Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart to Hades (1972)	Director / Writer		8
15	Hanzo the Razor: Sword of Justice (1972)	Director / Writer		6