Matsudaira Izu-no-kami, masquerading as the lord of Satsuma, has learned there is only one sword school in all Japan that can possibly defeat Togo Shigekata's Jigen-ryu. Matsudaira calls out the legendary Satsuma Osenshi cavalry to test these mysterious Taisha-ryu warrirors--with their lives!
Kazuo Koike's Lone Wolf and Cub is an acclaimed masterpiece of graphic fiction, and New Lone Wolf and Cub is the long-awaited sequel to this groundbreaking manga. Illustrated by Hideki Mori and translated by Dana Lewis.
Kazuo Koike is a prolific Japanese manga writer, novelist and entrepreneur. Early in Koike's career, he studied under Golgo 13 creator Takao Saito and served as a writer on the series. Koike, along with artist Goseki Kojima, made the manga Kozure Okami (Lone Wolf and Cub), and Koike also contributed to the scripts for the 1970s film adaptations of the series, which starred famous Japanese actor Tomisaburo Wakayama. Koike and Kojima became known as the Golden Duo because of the success of Lone Wolf and Cub. Another series written by Koike, Crying Freeman, which was illustrated by Ryoichi Ikegami, was adapted into a 1995 live-action film by French director Christophe Gans. The author lives in Tokyo, Japan.
ISBN: 9781616553647
Author: Kazuo Koike
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Number of Pages: 232
Published: 15 July 2016
Publisher: Dark Horse
Country of Publication: US
Dimensions (mm): 183 x 131 x 19
Weight (kg): 0.2
