Person

Kinji Fukasaku

Directing · 1930–2003 · 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).

Known for

Filmography

2013Miwa: A Japanese IconHimself (archive footage)
2009Yakuza Eiga, une histoire du cinéma yakuzaHimself
2008The Yagyu ConspiracyOriginal Film Writer
2006What's a Director?
2004Electric Yakuza, Go to Hell!Self
2003Making of Clock Tower 3 ~How Kinji Fukasaku Changed the Game~Himself
2003The Final Battleground — Making of Battle Royale IISelf
2003Making of Battle Royale II: RequiemSelf
2003Battle Royale II: RequiemDirector
2001Shooting Film is Battleground: Making of BATTLE ROYALESelf
2000Battle RoyaleDirector
2000Making of 'Battle Royale'Self
1999The Geisha HouseDirector
1995The Abe ClanDirector
1994Crest of BetrayalDirector
1994The Mystery of RampoFilm Director
1992The Triple CrossDirector
1988A Chaos of FlowersDirector
1987Sure Death 4Director
1986House on FireDirector
1984Shanghai RhapsodyDirector
1983Legend of the Eight SamuraiDirector
1983Theater Of LifeDirector
1982Fall GuyDirector
1982Lovers LostDirector
1981Samurai ReincarnationDirector
1981Gate of YouthDirector
1980VirusDirector
1980Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Complete SagaDirector
1980Shadow WarriorsDirector
1978The Fall of Ako CastleDirector
1978Message from SpaceDirector
1978Shogun's SamuraiScreenplay
1977Proof of the ManShibue, Assistant Lieutenant
1977Doberman CopDirector
1977Hokuriku Proxy WarDirector
1976Yakuza GraveyardDirector
1976New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 3: Last Days of the BossDirector
1976Violent Panic: The Big CrashDirector
1975New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 2: Head of the BossDirector
1975Gambling Den HeistDirector
1975Cops vs. ThugsDirector
1975Unified ShadowsDirector
1975Graveyard of HonorDirector
1974New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 1Director
1974Wounded AngelsDirector
1974Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final EpisodeDirector
1974Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police TacticsDirector
1973Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy WarDirector
1973Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in HiroshimaDirector
1973Battles Without Honor and HumanityDirector
1972Outlaw Killers: Three Mad Dog BrothersDirector
1972Professional KillersDirector
1972Street MobsterDirector
1972Under the Flag of the Rising SunDirector
1971Sympathy for the UnderdogDirector
1970If You Were Young: RageDirector
1970Bloodstained Clan of HonorDirector
1970Tora! Tora! Tora!Director
1969Black Rose MansionDirector
1969Japan Organized Crime BossDirector
1968The Green SlimeDirector
1968Black LizardDirector
1968Key HunterDirector
1968Blackmail Is My LifeDirector
1968Gambler's FarewellDirector
1967Dissolution RitesDirector
1966Rampaging Dragon of the NorthDirector
1966The Kamikaze GuyScreenplay
1966The ThreatDirector
1965The BossScreenplay
1964Wolves, Pigs & MenDirector
1964Jakoman and TetsuDirector
1963League of GangstersDirector
1962Gang vs. G-MenDirector
1962The ChallengeDirector
1961Greed in Broad DaylightDirector
1961Man with a Funky Hat: The 20,000,000 Yen ArmDirector
1961Man with the Funky HatDirector
1961Drifting Detective: Black Wind in HarborDirector
1961Drifting Detective: Tragedy in the Red ValleyDirector
1960Tale of Young Drifter 2Assistant Director
1960Outlaw Under a Blue CanopyAssistant Director

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