Kinji Fukasaku

Director

Born: July 3, 1930
Died: January 12, 2003 (age 72)
From: Mito, Ibaraki, Japan

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 (74)

Miwa: A Japanese Icon (2013)
Himself (archive footage)
Yakuza Eiga, une histoire du cinéma yakuza (2009)
Himself
What's a Director? (2006)
Electric Yakuza, Go to Hell! (2004)
Self
Making of Clock Tower 3 ~How Kinji Fukasaku Changed the Game~ (2003)
Himself
The Final Battleground — Making of Battle Royale II (2003)
Self
Battle Royale II: Requiem (2003)
Director
Making of Battle Royale II: Requiem (2003)
Self
Shooting Film is Battleground: Making of BATTLE ROYALE (2001)
Self
Battle Royale (2000)
Director
Making of 'Battle Royale' (2000)
Self
The Geisha House (1999)
Director
The Abe Clan (1995)
Director
Crest of Betrayal (1994)
Director
The Mystery of Rampo (1994)
Film Director
The Triple Cross (1992)
Director
A Chaos of Flowers (1988)
Director
Sure Death 4 (1987)
Director
House on Fire (1986)
Director
Shanghai Rhapsody (1984)
Director
Legend of the Eight Samurai (1983)
Director
Theater Of Life (1983)
Director
Fall Guy (1982)
Director
Lovers Lost (1982)
Director
Samurai Reincarnation (1981)
Director
Gate of Youth (1981)
Director
Virus (1980)
Director
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Complete Saga (1980)
Director
The Fall of Ako Castle (1978)
Director
Message from Space (1978)
Director