Kazuo Koike (1936–2019)
Författare till Lone Wolf and Cub, Vol. 1: The Assassin's Road
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Kazuo Koike was born on May 8, 1936 in Akita, Japan. He is the co-creator and writer of the Lone Wolf and Cub and Crying Freeman manga. He adapted the Lone Wolf and Cub manga into a series of six films which gained him recognition for his screenwriting. He started the Gekiga Sonjuku, a college visa mer course to assist talented writers and artists break into the comic book field. He also hosted television programs, founded a golf magazine, produced movies, and has written popular fiction, poetry, and screenplays. His work has earned him many awards including two Harvey Awards and an Eisner Award. (Bowker Author Biography) visa färre
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Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance [1972 film] (1972) — Screenwriter; Original manga — 13 exemplar
Crying Freeman - Spur der Rache 1 4 exemplar
Lone Wolf & Cub T05 - Edition prestige 3 exemplar
Path of the Assassin, Vol. 1–15 2 exemplar
Crying Freeman. Portrait eines Killers 4 2 exemplar
Yalniz Kurt ve Yavrusu Cilt 5 - Kara Yel 2 exemplar
子連れ狼 13―愛蔵版 (キングシリーズ) 1 exemplar
Lone Wolf & Cub T07 - Edition prestige 1 exemplar
Lone Wolf & Cub T08 - Edition prestige 1 exemplar
Lone Wolf & Cub T06 - Edition prestige 1 exemplar
Lone Wolf & Cub T10 - Edition prestige 1 exemplar
Lobo Solitário - Volume 16 - Rumo ao Inverno 1 exemplar
Lobo Solitário - Volume 15 - Irmãos 1 exemplar
Sex & Crime : Und andere Comics aus München 1 exemplar
Band 8 1 exemplar
Lobo Solitário - Volume 11 - As Treze Cordas 1 exemplar
Lobo Solitário - Volume 10 - Sombras que Vão 1 exemplar
Lone Wolf & Cub T09 - Edition prestige 1 exemplar
Ensom ulv og hvalp 2 1 exemplar
Crying Freeman Part 3 No. 4 1 exemplar
Crying Freeman Part 2 No. 2 1 exemplar
Crying Freeman Part 2 No. 9 1 exemplar
Ensom ulv og hvalp 1 exemplar
Ensom ulv og hvalp 3 1 exemplar
Ensom ulv og hvalp 4 1 exemplar
Ensom ulv og hvalp 1 1 exemplar
Offerred 1 exemplar
A Wounded Man 1 exemplar
Ensom ulv og hvalp 6 1 exemplar
Crying Freeman Issue 5 1 exemplar
Crying Freeman: Part 2, Issue 3 1 exemplar
Samurai Executioner vol. 1-10 1 exemplar
Path of the Assassin vol. 1-? 1 exemplar
Lone Wolf and Cub Vol. 1-28 1 exemplar
Crying Freeman Part 3 No. 3 1 exemplar
Lone Wolf & Cub T04 - Edition prestige 1 exemplar
Lone Wolf & Cub 1 exemplar
弐十手物語 3 (ビッグコミックス) 1 exemplar
LEYENDA DE KUJAKU NUM. 01 (DE 2),LA 1 exemplar
弐十手物語 2 (ビッグコミックス) 1 exemplar
弐十手物語 1 (ビッグコミックス) 1 exemplar
Crying Freeman : Schatten des Todes 1. 1 exemplar
Shougun no Bodyguard 4 1 exemplar
Shougun no Bodyguard 3 1 exemplar
Shougun no Bodyguard 2 1 exemplar
Shougun no Bodyguard 1 1 exemplar
Crying Freeman - Spur der Rache 3 1 exemplar
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- Vedertaget namn
- Koike, Kazuo
- Namn enligt folkbokföringen
- 小池 一夫 (Koike Kazuo)
Seishu Tawaraya (birth name) - Födelsedag
- 1936-05-08
- Avled
- 2019-04-17
- Kön
- male
- Nationalitet
- Japan
- Födelseort
- Daisen, Akita Prefecture, Japan
- Dödsort
- Tokyo, Japan
- Dödsorsak
- pneumonia
- Yrken
- manga writer
screenwriter
novelist
lyricist - Priser och utmärkelser
- Hall of Fame Eisner Award (2004)
- Kort biografi
- Though widely respected as a powerful writer of graphic fiction, Koike has hosted television programs; founded a golf magazine; produced movies; written popular fiction, poetry, and screenplays and mentored some of Japan's best manga talent.
Lone Wolf and Cub, created in collaboration with Goseki Kojima, was first serialized in in 1970 (under the title Kozure Okami) in Manga Action magazine and continued its hugely popular run for many years, being collected as the stories were published and reprinted worldwide. Koike collected numerous awards for his work on the series throughout the next decade. Starting in 1972, Koike adapted the popular manga into a series of six films, The Baby Cart Assassin saga, garnering widespread commercial success and critical acclaim for his screenwriting.
Koike and Kojima were dubbed the "golden duo" on the manga world for their many successes.
And to give something back to the medium that gave him so much, Koike started the Gekiga Sonjuku, a college course aimed at helping talented writers and artists break into the comic field.
The driving focus of Koike's narrative is character development, and his commitment to character is clear: "Comics are carried by characters. If a character is well created, the comic becomes a hit." [adapted from Assassin's Road (2000)]
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- Verk
- 297
- Även av
- 2
- Medlemmar
- 13,297
- Popularitet
- #1,756
- Betyg
- 4.2
- Recensioner
- 84
- ISBN
- 475
- Språk
- 10
- Favoritmärkt
- 14
As with previous issues story is broken between Lady Snowblood's revenge (hunting down the remaining two criminals that have killed her family - last chapter is pretty emotional for our protagonist as she decides to help the daughter of the last criminal to gain freedom and move away from the criminal underworld - thus showing Lady Snowblood's ability to discern between her revenge and sparing innocent lives; she is scalpel not a hatchet when it comes to hunting down her family's assailants) and missions she takes from other people along the way (first chapter and killing of the blackmailing photographer).
There are few scenes here that are pretty explicit but again nothing that is that much different from previous volumes.
Art as always is great although first chapter is rather difficult to grasp (due to the rain acting as a stage for the events). There was one funny moment in the same chapter too when Lady Snowblood is .... let's say engaged with the head nurse and gunshot is heard so she jumps up, alarmed. It seems like there is additional leg in the panel :)
In the end after avenging her family's destruction it is obvious that Lady Snowblood now can only act as a hired sword - for one who dedicates whole life to a single goal can only proceed along that same direction.
Highly recommended to all fans of action thrillers.… (mer)