Imatge de l'autor

Kazuo Koike (1936–2019)

Autor/a de Lone Wolf and Cub, Vol. 1: The Assassin's Road

295+ obres 13,216 Membres 84 Ressenyes 14 preferits

Sobre l'autor

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 mostra'n més 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) mostra'n menys

Sèrie

Obres de Kazuo Koike

Lone Wolf and Cub, Vol. 1: The Assassin's Road (1970) — Autor — 968 exemplars
Lone Wolf and Cub, Vol. 2: The Gateless Barrier (1972) — Autor — 521 exemplars
Lone Wolf and Cub Omnibus Volume 1 (2013) — Autor — 219 exemplars
Crying Freeman, Volume 1 (1990) 185 exemplars
Crying Freeman, Volume 2 (1990) 136 exemplars
Crying Freeman, Volume 3 (1987) 114 exemplars
Lone Wolf and Cub Omnibus Volume 2 (2013) — Autor — 94 exemplars
Crying Freeman, Volume 4 (1987) 85 exemplars
Crying Freeman, Volume 5 (1993) 84 exemplars
Color of Rage (2008) 58 exemplars
New Lone Wolf and Cub Volume 1 (2014) 46 exemplars
New Lone Wolf and Cub Volume 2 (2014) 31 exemplars
Offered, Volume 1 (2001) 28 exemplars
New Lone Wolf and Cub Volume 3 (2014) 24 exemplars
Offered, Volume 2 (2001) 21 exemplars
New Lone Wolf and Cub Volume 5 (2015) 21 exemplars
New Lone Wolf and Cub Volume 4 (2015) 20 exemplars
New Lone Wolf and Cub Volume 6 (2015) 20 exemplars
Wounded Man, Volume 1 (2001) 18 exemplars
New Lone Wolf and Cub Volume 8 (2016) 17 exemplars
New Lone Wolf and Cub Volume 10 (2016) 17 exemplars
New Lone Wolf and Cub Volume 7 (2015) 16 exemplars
Wounded Man, Volume 2 (2001) 16 exemplars
New Lone Wolf and Cub Volume 11 (2016) 15 exemplars
New Lone Wolf and Cub Volume 9 (2016) 15 exemplars
Wounded Man, Volume 4 (2001) 15 exemplars
Wounded Man, Volume 5 (2002) 15 exemplars
Wounded Man, Volume 3 (2001) 14 exemplars
Wounded Man, Volume 8 (2002) 14 exemplars
Wounded Man, Volume 9 (2002) 13 exemplars
Wounded Man, Volume 6 (2002) 13 exemplars
Wounded Man, Volume 7 (2002) 11 exemplars
Lady Snowblood, Intégrale : (2017) 9 exemplars
Lady Snowblood: Resurrection (2009) 9 exemplars
Crying Freeman, Tome 7. (1988) 6 exemplars
Crying Freeman, Tome 6 (1987) 5 exemplars
Lady Snowblood: Extra (2010) 4 exemplars
Crying Freeman Part 1 #2 (1989) 3 exemplars
Crying Freeman, Tome 9. (2006) 2 exemplars
El Hombre Sediento núm. 01 (2014) 2 exemplars
Lone Wolf and Cub Band 1 (2022) 1 exemplars
Lady Snowblood nº 01 (NE) (2023) 1 exemplars
Lady Snowblood: la rinascita (2016) 1 exemplars
Crying Freeman (2011) 1 exemplars
Crying Freeman Book 8 (1990) 1 exemplars
Ensom ulv og hvalp 1 exemplars
Offerred 1 exemplars
A Wounded Man 1 exemplars
Crying Freeman, Tome 10. (2007) 1 exemplars
Crying Freeman, Tome 10 : (2007) 1 exemplars
Lone Wolf & Cub 1 exemplars
Crying Freeman - Tome 8 (2006) 1 exemplars

Obres associades

47 Ronin (2014) — Editor — 120 exemplars
Lady Snowblood [1973 film] (1973) — Writer — 24 exemplars

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Coneixement comú

Nom normalitzat
Koike, Kazuo
Nom oficial
小池 一夫 (Koike Kazuo)
Data de naixement
1936-05-08
Data de defunció
2019-04-17
Gènere
male
Nacionalitat
Japan
Lloc de naixement
Daisen, Akita Prefecture, Japan
Biografia breu
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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Ressenyes

Final chapter in the revenge saga of Lady Snowblood.

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.
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Marcat
Zare | Hi ha 1 ressenya més | Jan 23, 2024 |
Lady Snowblood continues with her vengeance quest - this time she relies on assistance of thief-beggars after she provided them with the regional listing of deceased persons (that beggars use to target families to obtain money).

This volume ends in a very ... bizarre way with Lady Snowblood being assaulted with giant suffering from extreme sexual appetite. As they say gotta see it in order to believe it.

Art is as usual excellent, page flow and structure is impeccable.

Highly recommended to all fans of action, femme fatale and manga.… (més)
 
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Zare | Hi ha 2 ressenyes més | Jan 23, 2024 |
Lady Snowblood gets tasked with destruction of powerful Yakuza organization. Although initially they could not believe woman would even try doing something like that, Yakuza get drawn into open conflict and immediately they are disposed by the very motivated and determined femme-fatale.

On the revenge plan (ongoing comic story line) she is advised to get help from one rather picturesque character - con-artist/novelist. After she manages to get him interested into publishing her life story everything is ready to flush out the remaining criminals that caused such grief to Lady Snowblood's family.

Trap is ready.

Recommended to all fans of action and adventure.
… (més)
 
Marcat
Zare | Hi ha 1 ressenya més | Jan 23, 2024 |
 
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Kiri | Hi ha 1 ressenya més | Dec 24, 2023 |

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Lynn Varley Cover artist
Matt Wagner Cover artist
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Mark Miyake Translator

Estadístiques

Obres
295
També de
2
Membres
13,216
Popularitat
#1,769
Valoració
4.2
Ressenyes
84
ISBN
473
Llengües
10
Preferit
14

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