Kinji Fukasaku
Kinji Fukasaku (3 July 1930 – 12 January 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
DirectingBirthday
July 3, 1930Deathday
January 12, 2003Gender
MaleKnown Movie Credits
78Place of birth
Mito, Ibaraki Prefecture JapanAlso known as
Киндзи Фукасаку, 深作 欣二, 深作欣二Cast credits
Proof of the Man
Shibue, Assistant LieutenantThe Mystery of Rampo
Miwa: A Japanese Icon
Himself (archive footage)Yakuza Eiga, une histoire du cinéma yakuza
HimselfElectric Yakuza, Go to Hell!
SelfMaking of 'Battle Royale'
SelfWhat's a Director?
Shooting Film is Battleground: Making of BATTLE ROYALE
SelfThe Final Battleground — Making of Battle Royale II
SelfMaking of Battle Royale II: Requiem
SelfMaking of Clock Tower 3 ~How Kinji Fukasaku Changed the Game~
HimselfCrew credits
Battle Royale
Director, ProducerTora! Tora! Tora!
DirectorStreet Mobster
Director, ScreenplayFall Guy
DirectorBattles Without Honor and Humanity
DirectorShogun's Samurai
Director, ScreenplayThe Green Slime
Story, DirectorVirus
Director, ScreenplayBlack Lizard
DirectorThe Kamikaze Guy
Screenplay, DirectorUnder the Flag of the Rising Sun
Director, WriterThe Geisha House
DirectorYakuza Graveyard
DirectorBattles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode
DirectorLegend of the Eight Samurai
Director, ScreenplayNew Battles Without Honor and Humanity 3: Last Days of the Boss
DirectorNew Battles Without Honor and Humanity 1
DirectorNew Battles Without Honor and Humanity 2: Head of the Boss
DirectorThe Fall of Ako Castle
DirectorBattles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War
DirectorBattles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima
Director