Actor

Kazuo Koike

Writing

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Acting credits

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TMDB popularity

1.3

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Movies: 46Series: 5Crew 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）

Other jobs

Comic Book (16)Original Story (9)Screenplay (8)Author (3)Novel (3)Story (3)Writer (2)Characters (1)

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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

Movie credits linked with Kazuo Koike.