Kinji Fukasaku
Known For
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
Jul 3, 1930 (96 years old)
Place of Birth
Mito, 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).
Known For
| 2013 | Miwa: A Japanese IconHimself (archive footage) | |
| 2009 | Yakuza Eiga, une histoire du cinéma yakuzaHimself | |
| 2006 | What's a Director? | |
| 2004 | Electric Yakuza, Go to Hell!Self | |
| 2003 | Making of Clock Tower 3 ~How Kinji Fukasaku Changed the Game~Himself | |
| 2003 | The Final Battleground — Making of Battle Royale IISelf | |
| 2003 | Making of Battle Royale II: RequiemSelf | |
| 2001 | Shooting Film is Battleground: Making of BATTLE ROYALESelf | |
| 2000 | Making of 'Battle Royale'Self | |
| 1994 | The Mystery of RampoFilm Director | |
| 1977 | Proof of the ManShibue, Assistant Lieutenant |
| 2000 | Battle RoyaleProducer |
| 2003 | Battle Royale II: RequiemDirector | |
| 2000 | Battle RoyaleDirector | |
| 1999 | The Geisha HouseDirector | |
| 1995 | The Abe ClanDirector | |
| 1994 | Crest of BetrayalDirector | |
| 1992 | The Triple CrossDirector | |
| 1988 | A Chaos of FlowersDirector | |
| 1987 | Sure Death 4Director | |
| 1986 | House on FireDirector | |
| 1984 | Shanghai RhapsodyDirector | |
| 1983 | Legend of the Eight SamuraiDirector | |
| 1983 | Theater Of LifeDirector | |
| 1982 | Fall GuyDirector | |
| 1982 | Lovers LostDirector | |
| 1981 | Samurai ReincarnationDirector | |
| 1981 | Gate of YouthDirector | |
| 1980 | VirusDirector | |
| 1980 | Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Complete SagaDirector | |
| 1980 | Shadow WarriorsDirector | |
| 1978 | Shogun's SamuraiDirector | |
| 1978 | The Fall of Ako CastleDirector | |
| 1978 | Message from SpaceDirector | |
| 1977 | Doberman CopDirector | |
| 1977 | Hokuriku Proxy WarDirector | |
| 1976 | Yakuza GraveyardDirector | |
| 1976 | New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 3: Last Days of the BossDirector | |
| 1976 | Violent Panic: The Big CrashDirector | |
| 1975 | New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 2: Head of the BossDirector | |
| 1975 | Graveyard of HonorDirector | |
| 1975 | Cops vs. ThugsDirector | |
| 1975 | Gambling Den HeistDirector | |
| 1975 | Unified ShadowsDirector | |
| 1974 | Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final EpisodeDirector | |
| 1974 | New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 1Director | |
| 1974 | Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police TacticsDirector | |
| 1974 | Wounded AngelsDirector | |
| 1973 | Battles Without Honor and HumanityDirector | |
| 1973 | Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy WarDirector | |
| 1973 | Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in HiroshimaDirector | |
| 1972 | Street MobsterDirector | |
| 1972 | Under the Flag of the Rising SunDirector | |
| 1972 | Outlaw Killers: Three Mad Dog BrothersDirector | |
| 1972 | Professional KillersDirector | |
| 1971 | Sympathy for the UnderdogDirector | |
| 1970 | Tora! Tora! Tora!Director | |
| 1970 | Bloodstained Clan of HonorDirector | |
| 1970 | If You Were Young: RageDirector | |
| 1969 | Japan Organized Crime BossDirector | |
| 1969 | Black Rose MansionDirector | |
| 1968 | The Green SlimeDirector | |
| 1968 | Black LizardDirector | |
| 1968 | Blackmail Is My LifeDirector | |
| 1968 | Gambler's FarewellDirector | |
| 1968 | Key HunterDirector | |
| 1967 | Dissolution RitesDirector | |
| 1966 | The Kamikaze GuyDirector | |
| 1966 | The ThreatDirector | |
| 1966 | Rampaging Dragon of the NorthDirector | |
| 1964 | Wolves, Pigs & MenDirector | |
| 1964 | Jakoman and TetsuDirector | |
| 1963 | League of GangstersDirector | |
| 1962 | The ChallengeDirector | |
| 1962 | Gang vs. G-MenDirector | |
| 1961 | Drifting Detective: Tragedy in the Red ValleyDirector | |
| 1961 | Man with a Funky Hat: The 20,000,000 Yen ArmDirector | |
| 1961 | Man with the Funky HatDirector | |
| 1961 | Drifting Detective: Black Wind in HarborDirector | |
| 1961 | Greed in Broad DaylightDirector | |
| 1960 | Tale of Young Drifter 2Assistant Director | |
| 1960 | Outlaw Under a Blue CanopyAssistant Director |
| 2008 | The Yagyu ConspiracyOriginal Film Writer | |
| 1994 | Crest of BetrayalScreenplay | |
| 1988 | A Chaos of FlowersWriter | |
| 1987 | Sure Death 4Writer | |
| 1986 | House on FireScreenplay | |
| 1984 | Shanghai RhapsodyScreenplay | |
| 1983 | Theater Of LifeScreenplay | |
| 1983 | Legend of the Eight SamuraiScreenplay | |
| 1982 | Lovers LostScreenplay | |
| 1981 | Samurai ReincarnationWriter | |
| 1980 | VirusScreenplay | |
| 1980 | Shadow WarriorsWriter | |
| 1978 | Shogun's SamuraiScreenplay | |
| 1978 | Message from SpaceStory | |
| 1976 | Violent Panic: The Big CrashScreenplay | |
| 1972 | Under the Flag of the Rising SunWriter | |
| 1972 | Street MobsterScreenplay | |
| 1971 | Sympathy for the UnderdogScreenplay | |
| 1970 | Bloodstained Clan of HonorWriter | |
| 1970 | If You Were Young: RageWriter | |
| 1969 | Black Rose MansionWriter | |
| 1969 | Japan Organized Crime BossScreenplay | |
| 1968 | The Green SlimeStory | |
| 1968 | Black LizardScreenplay | |
| 1967 | Dissolution RitesScreenplay | |
| 1966 | The Kamikaze GuyScreenplay | |
| 1966 | The ThreatScreenplay | |
| 1965 | The BossScreenplay | |
| 1964 | Wolves, Pigs & MenScreenplay | |
| 1963 | League of GangstersScreenplay |