Kinji Fukasaku
Born
3 July 1930 (95)
Place of Birth
Mito, Ibaraki, Japan
Biography
Kinji Fukasaku (July 3, 1930 – January 12, 2003) was a Japanese film actor, screenwriter, and best known as a celebrated and innovative filmmaker. He was born in Mito, Ibaraki, Japan, and died in Tokyo, from prostate cancer. He is best known in the west for directing the Japanese portion of the Hollywood film Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970) and Battle Royale (2000).
Filmography (40)
Miwa: A Japanese Icon
2013
Yakuza Eiga, une histoire du cinéma yakuza
2009
What's a Director?
2006
Electric Yakuza, Go to Hell!
2004
Making of Clock Tower 3 ~How Kinji Fukasaku Changed the Game~
2003
The Final Battleground — Making of Battle Royale II
2003
Making of Battle Royale II: Requiem
2003
Battle Royale II: Requiem
2003
Shooting Film is Battleground: Making of BATTLE ROYALE
2001
Battle Royale
2000
Making of 'Battle Royale'
2000
The Geisha House
1999
The Abe Clan
1995
Crest of Betrayal
1994
The Mystery of Rampo
1994
The Triple Cross
1992
A Chaos of Flowers
1988
Sure Death 4
1987
House on Fire
1986
Shanghai Rhapsody
1984
Legend of the Eight Samurai
1983
Theater Of Life
1983
🎬 Director
Fall Guy
1982
Lovers Lost
1982
Samurai Reincarnation
1981
Gate of Youth
1981
Virus
1980
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Complete Saga
1980
The Fall of Ako Castle
1978
Message from Space
1978
Shogun's Samurai
1978
Proof of the Man
1977
Doberman Cop
1977
Hokuriku Proxy War
1977
Yakuza Graveyard
1976
New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 3: Last Days of the Boss
1976
Violent Panic: The Big Crash
1976
New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 2: Head of the Boss
1975
Gambling Den Heist
1975
Cops vs. Thugs
1975