Kinji Fukasaku
Personal Info
Known for
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1930-07-03
Day of Death
2003-01-12 (72 years old)
Place of Birth
Mito, Ibaraki Prefecture Japan
Kinji Fukasaku
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
Acting
(2013)
Miwa: A Japanese Icon
as Himself (archive footage)
(2009)
(2006)
(2004)
Electric Yakuza, Go to Hell!
as Self
(2003)
(2003)
(2003)
(2001)
(2000)
Making of 'Battle Royale'
as Self
(1995)
(1977)
Proof of the Man
as Shibue, Assistant Lieutenant
Crew
(2008)
The Yagyu Conspiracy
Original Film Writer
(2003)
Battle Royale II: Requiem
Director
(2000)
Battle Royale
Director, Producer
(1999)
The Geisha House
Director
(1995)
The Abe Clan
Director
(1994)
Crest of Betrayal
Director, Screenplay
(1992)
The Triple Cross
Director
(1988)
A Chaos of Flowers
Director, Writer
(1987)
Sure Death 4
Director, Writer
(1986)
House on Fire
Director, Screenplay
(1984)
Shanghai Rhapsody
Director, Screenplay
(1983)
Legend of the Eight Samurai
Director, Screenplay
(1983)
Theater Of Life
Director, Screenplay
(1982)
Fall Guy
Director
(1982)
Lovers Lost
Director, Screenplay
(1981)
Samurai Reincarnation
Director, Writer
(1981)
Gate of Youth
Director
(1980)
Virus
Director, Screenplay
(1980)
(1978)
Shogun's Samurai
Screenplay, Director
(1978)
The Fall of Ako Castle
Director
(1978)
Message from Space
Director, Story
(1977)
Doberman Cop
Director
(1977)
Hokuriku Proxy War
Director
(1976)
Yakuza Graveyard
Director
(1976)
(1976)
Violent Panic: The Big Crash
Director, Screenplay
(1975)
(1975)
Graveyard of Honor
Director
(1975)
Cops vs. Thugs
Director
(1975)
Gambling Den Heist
Director
(1974)
(1974)
(1974)
(1973)
(1973)
(1973)
(1972)
Street Mobster
Director, Screenplay
(1972)
Under the Flag of the Rising Sun
Director, Writer
(1972)
(1971)
Sympathy for the Underdog
Director, Screenplay
(1970)
Tora! Tora! Tora!
Director
(1970)
Bloodstained Clan of Honor
Director, Writer
(1970)
If You Were Young: Rage
Director, Writer
(1969)
Japan Organized Crime Boss
Director, Screenplay
(1969)
Black Rose Mansion
Director, Writer
(1968)
The Green Slime
Director, Story
(1968)
Black Lizard
Director, Screenplay
(1968)
Blackmail Is My Life
Director
(1968)
Gambler's Farewell
Director
(1967)
Dissolution Rites
Director, Screenplay
(1966)
The Kamikaze Guy
Director, Screenplay
(1966)
The Threat
Director, Screenplay
(1966)
Rampaging Dragon of the North
Director
(1965)
The Boss
Screenplay, Editor
(1964)
Wolves, Pigs & Men
Director, Screenplay
(1964)
Jakoman and Tetsu
Director
(1963)
League of Gangsters
Director, Screenplay
(1962)
The Challenge
Director
(1962)
Gang vs. G-Men
Director
(1961)
(1961)
(1961)
Man with the Funky Hat
Director
(1961)
(1961)
Greed in Broad Daylight
Director
(1960)
Tale of Young Drifter 2
Assistant Director
(1960)
Outlaw Under a Blue Canopy
Assistant Director