KK
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Japanese manga artist
A.K.A.
Kamimura Kazuo
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Male
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Birth:
7 March 1940(Yokosuka, Japan)
Death:
11 January 1986(Tokyo, Japan)
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Education:
Musashino Art University
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Biography
Kazuo Kamimura (上村 一夫, Kamimura Kazuo, March 7, 1940 in Yokosuka – January 11, 1986) was a Japanese manga artist, best known as the creator of Lady Snowblood, which was adapted into film as Lady Snowblood in 1973. Hitoshi Iwaaki, a manga artist was his assistant.
Kamimura died at age 45 of a pharynx tumor.