Directing · 1930
Kinji Fukasaku
Born Jul 3, 1930·Mito, Ibaraki, Japan·Died Jan 12, 2003 (72)
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 titles- 2013
Miwa: A Japanese IconHimself (archive footage)6.3Movie - 2009
Yakuza Eiga, une histoire du cinéma yakuzaHimself6.5Movie - 2006
What's a Director?Movie - 2004
Electric Yakuza, Go to Hell!Self8.5Movie - 2003
The Final Battleground — Making of Battle Royale IISelfMovie - 2003
Making of Battle Royale II: RequiemSelfMovie - 2003
Making of Clock Tower 3 ~How Kinji Fukasaku Changed the Game~HimselfMovie - 2001
Shooting Film is Battleground: Making of BATTLE ROYALESelfMovie - 2000
Making of 'Battle Royale'SelfMovie - 1994
The Mystery of RampoFilm Director7.1Movie - 1977
Proof of the ManShibue, Assistant Lieutenant7.8Movie