Directing
Kinji Fukasaku
- Born
- July 3, 1930
- Died
- January 12, 2003
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).
Filmography
Known for
What's a Director?
2006
Making of Clock Tower 3 ~How Kinji Fukasaku Changed the Game~
2003
The Final Battleground — Making of Battle Royale II
2003
Shooting Film is Battleground: Making of BATTLE ROYALE
2001
Making of Battle Royale II: Requiem
2003
7.8Proof of the Man
1977
7.1The Mystery of Rampo
1994
6.3Miwa: A Japanese Icon
2013
6.5Yakuza Eiga, une histoire du cinéma yakuza
2009
8.5Electric Yakuza, Go to Hell!
2004
Making of 'Battle Royale'
2000
7.0Shogun's Samurai
1978
7.2Tora! Tora! Tora!
1970
7.3Battle Royale
2000
6.8Street Mobster
1972
6.5Fall Guy
1982
7.3Battles Without Honor and Humanity
1973
5.3The Green Slime
1968