Personal Info
Gender:Unspecified
Birth Date:1930-07-03 00:00:00
Birth Place:Mito, Ibaraki, Japan
Known For:Directing
Death Date:2003-01-12 00:00:00
Popularity:2
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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).
Filmography (40)
Proof of the Man
Role: Shibue, Assistant Lieutenant1977
The Mystery of Rampo
Role: Film Director1994
Electric Yakuza, Go to Hell!
Role: Self2004
Making of Battle Royale II: Requiem
Role: Self2003
Yakuza Eiga, une histoire du cinéma yakuza
Role: Himself2009
The Final Battleground — Making of Battle Royale II
Role: Self2003
Shooting Film is Battleground: Making of BATTLE ROYALE
Role: Self2001
Miwa: A Japanese Icon
Role: Himself (archive footage)2013
House on Fire
director1986
House on Fire
screenplay1986
Battle Royale
director2000
Battle Royale
producer2000
Man with the Funky Hat
director1961
Black Lizard
director1968
Black Lizard
screenplay1968
Shogun's Samurai
screenplay1978
Shogun's Samurai
director1978
The Fall of Ako Castle
director1978
Japan Organized Crime Boss
director1969
Japan Organized Crime Boss
screenplay1969
Battle Royale II: Requiem
director2003
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode
director1974
Battles Without Honor and Humanity
director1973
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics
director1974
Tora! Tora! Tora!
director1970
Rampaging Dragon of the North
director1966
Cops vs. Thugs
director1975
Lovers Lost
director1982
Lovers Lost
screenplay1982
League of Gangsters
director1963
League of Gangsters
screenplay1963
The Geisha House
director1999
Hokuriku Proxy War
director1977
Gambling Den Heist
director1975
The Boss
screenplay1965
The Boss
editor1965
The Yagyu Conspiracy
original film writer2008
What's a Director?
actor2006
Making of Clock Tower 3 ~How Kinji Fukasaku Changed the Game~
Role: Himself2003
Making of 'Battle Royale'
Role: Self2000