Path of the Assassin, Volume 1: Serving in the Dark

Path of the Assassin, Volume 1: Serving in the Dark

by Kazuo Koike
Path of the Assassin, Volume 1: Serving in the Dark

Path of the Assassin, Volume 1: Serving in the Dark

by Kazuo Koike

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Overview

Path of the Assassin, called Hanzo no Mon in Japan, is the story of Hattori Hanzo, the fabled master ninja whose duty it was to protect Tokugawa Ieyasu. Ieyasu was the shogun who would unite Japan into one great nation. But before he could do that, he had to grow up and learn how to love the ladies!

As the secret caretaker of such an influential future leader, not only does Hanzo use vast and varied ninja talents, but in living closely with Ieyasu, he forms a close friendship with the young shogun.

• Published in original Japanese format and unretouched which keeps the art intact.

• This is a fifteen-volume story starring the legendary ninja and Kill Bill reference Hattori Hanzo.

• Each volume comes shrink-wrapped and carries an 18+ content advisory.

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Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781630080235
Publisher: Dark Horse Comics
Publication date: 07/01/2014
Series: Path of the Assassin Series , #1
Sold by: Penguin Random House Publisher Services
Format: eBook
Pages: 320
Sales rank: 994,901
File size: 163 MB
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About the Author

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. 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.
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