Kinji Fukasaku
Born
1930-07-03
Place of birth
Mito, Ibaraki, Japan
Died
2003-01-12
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
Shibue, Assistant Lieutenant
Miwa: A Japanese Icon
Himself (archive footage)
The Mystery of Rampo
Film Director
Yakuza Eiga, une histoire du cinéma yakuza
Himself
Electric Yakuza, Go to Hell!
Self
What's a Director?
Movie
Making of Clock Tower 3 ~How Kinji Fukasaku Changed the Game~
Himself
The Final Battleground — Making of Battle Royale II
Self
Shooting Film is Battleground: Making of BATTLE ROYALE
Self
Making of Battle Royale II: Requiem
Self
Making of 'Battle Royale'
Self