Kinji Fukasaku
Directing • Born 1930-07-03 – Died 2003-01-12
Directing1Mito, 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).
Filmography
11 credits
What's a Director?
Movie • 2006
Making of Clock Tower 3 ~How Kinji Fukasaku Changed the Game~
Movie • 2003
Himself
The Final Battleground — Making of Battle Royale II
Movie • 2003
Self
Shooting Film is Battleground: Making of BATTLE ROYALE
Movie • 2001
Self
Making of Battle Royale II: Requiem
Movie • 2003
Self
Proof of the Man
Movie • 1977
Shibue, Assistant Lieutenant
The Mystery of Rampo
Movie • 1994
Film Director
Miwa: A Japanese Icon
Movie • 2013
Himself (archive footage)
Yakuza Eiga, une histoire du cinéma yakuza
Movie • 2009
Himself
Electric Yakuza, Go to Hell!
Movie • 2004
Self
Making of 'Battle Royale'
Movie • 2000
Self