Story by Kazuo Koike. Art by Goseki Kojima. Cover by Goseki Kojima.
Koike and Kojima's story of the famed ninja, Hanzo Hattori and his trials and tribulations protecting the shogun-to-be, Tokugawa Ieyasu. Each page builds upon the relationship between the two warrirors and the women they love. Path of the Assassin, printed in the same size format as Lone Wolf and Cub and Samurai Executioner, this title is a wonderful addition to the Koike and Kojima samurai collection. Published in the original Japanese format and unretouched which keeps the art intact. This is a fifteen-volume story starring the legendary ninja and Kill Bill reference Hanzo Hattori. Each volume comes shrink-wrapped and carries an 18+ content advisory. There are over one million copies of Koike-penned titles currently in print in English