# Samurai Executioner Volume 1: When the Demon Knife Weeps

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- Book: [Samurai Executioner Volume 1: When the Demon Knife Weeps](https://www.bookquiver.com/kazuo-koike/samurai-executioner-volume-1-when-the-demon-knife-weeps) ([Samurai Executioner Volume 1: When the Demon Knife Weeps.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/kazuo-koike/samurai-executioner-volume-1-when-the-demon-knife-weeps.md))
- Authors: [Kazuo Koike](https://www.bookquiver.com/kazuo-koike), [Goseki Kojima](https://www.bookquiver.com/goseki-kojima)
- Publisher: dark_horse_manga
- Medium: ebook
- ISBN: 978-16-2115-251-4
- Published: 2000-07-25
- Language: en_US
- Binding: E-book

## Description

From the creators of Lone Wolf and Cub comes Samurai Executioner. It's true! Before Koike and Kojima created Itto Ogami, they created Kubikiri Asa, better known to Lone Wolf readers as Decapitator Asaemon....