Known For
Directing
Born
Jul 03, 1930
Died
Jan 12, 2003
Place of Birth
Mito, Ibaraki, Japan
Credits
84 titles
Kinji Fukasaku
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).
Known For
Filmography
Miwa: A Japanese Icon
Self (archive footage)
Yakuza Eiga, une histoire du cinéma yakuza
Himself
The Yagyu Conspiracy
Original Film Writer
Fleshdance
Creator
What's a Director?
Electric Yakuza, Go to Hell!
Self
Making of Clock Tower 3 ~How Kinji Fukasaku Changed the Game~
Himself
The Final Battleground — Making of Battle Royale II
Self
Battle Royale II: Requiem
Director
Making of Battle Royale II: Requiem
Self
Shooting Film is Battleground: Making of BATTLE ROYALE
Self
Battle Royale
Director
Making of 'Battle Royale'
Self
The Geisha House
Director
The Abe Clan
Director
Crest of Betrayal
Director
The Mystery of Rampo
Film Director
The Triple Cross
Director
A Chaos of Flowers
Director
Sure Death 4
Writer
House on Fire
Director
Shanghai Rhapsody
Director
Legend of the Eight Samurai
Director
Theater Of Life
Screenplay
Fall Guy
Director
Lovers Lost
Director
Samurai Reincarnation
Writer
Gate of Youth
Director
Virus
Director
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Complete Saga
Director
Shadow Warriors
Director
The Fall of Ako Castle
Director
Message from Space
Director
Shogun's Samurai: The Yagyu Clan Conspiracy
Screenplay
Proof of the Man
Shibue, Assistant Lieutenant
Doberman Cop
Director
Hokuriku Proxy War
Director
Yakuza Graveyard
Director
New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 3: Last Days of the Boss
Director
Violent Panic: The Big Crash
Director
New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 2: Head of the Boss
Director
Gambling Den Heist
Director
Cops vs. Thugs
Director
Unified Shadows
Director
Graveyard of Honor
Director
New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 1
Director
Wounded Angels
Director
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode
Director
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics
Director
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War
Director