Kinji Fukasaku
Born
July 3, 1930
Died
January 12, 2003 (72 years old)
Known For
Directing
Place of Birth
Mito, Ibaraki Prefecture 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).
Known For
Miwa: A Japanese Icon
Himself (archive footage)
6.3
2013
Yakuza Eiga, une histoire du cinéma yakuza
Himself
7.0
2009
What's a Director?
0.0
2006
Electric Yakuza, Go to Hell!
Self
8.0
2004
Making of Clock Tower 3 ~How Kinji Fukasaku Changed the Game~
Himself
0.0
2003
The Final Battleground — Making of Battle Royale II
Self
0.0
2003
Making of Battle Royale II: Requiem
Self
0.0
2003
Shooting Film is Battleground: Making of BATTLE ROYALE
Self
0.0
2001
Making of 'Battle Royale'
Self
0.0
2000
The Mystery of Rampo
Film Director
7.0
1995
Proof of the Man
Shibue, Assistant Lieutenant
7.4
1977