Kazuo Koike's Lone Wolf and Cub (Dark Horse) is an acclaimed masterpiece of graphic fiction, and New Lone Wolf And Cub is the 21st century sequel to this groundbreaking manga. Rogue swordmaster Togo Shigekata leads his young charge, Daigoro, deep into the winter mountains to continue his training in the secret arts of Jigen-ryu swordsmanship. But wherever the fated pair goes, danger seems to follow, as Ushikudonki ninja lay in wait near Mt. Fuji to spring a deadly trap! This new series is written by legendary series creator Kazuo Koike.

Author Biography

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.