Kinji Fukasaku
1930-07-03 (1930)Mito, Ibaraki, JapanDirecting
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
Proof of the Man
MOVIE • 1977
The Mystery of Rampo
MOVIE • 1994
What's a Director?
MOVIE • 2006
Making of Battle Royale II: Requiem
MOVIE • 2003
Making of 'Battle Royale'
MOVIE • 2000
Shooting Film is Battleground: Making of BATTLE ROYALE
MOVIE • 2001
Yakuza Eiga, une histoire du cinéma yakuza
MOVIE • 2009
The Final Battleground — Making of Battle Royale II
MOVIE • 2003
Electric Yakuza, Go to Hell!
MOVIE • 2004
Miwa: A Japanese Icon
MOVIE • 2013
Making of Clock Tower 3 ~How Kinji Fukasaku Changed the Game~
MOVIE • 2003