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Kinji Fukasaku

Known for: Directing

Biography: 1930-07-03

Deathday: 2003-01-12 (72 years old)

Biography

Kinji Fukasaku (3 July 1930 – 12 January 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

all 81

Movies 78

Director 66

self 7

TV Shows 3

Writer 2

Producer 1

Kinji Fukasaku

Biography

Filmography

all 81

Movies 78

Director 66

self 7

TV Shows 3

Writer 2

Producer 1

Screenplay 1

Miwa: A Japanese Icon (2013)

Yakuza Eiga, une histoire du cinéma yakuza (2009)

The Yagyu Conspiracy (2008)

What's a Director? (2006)

Electric Yakuza, Go to Hell! (2004)

Making of Clock Tower 3 ~How Kinji Fukasaku Changed the Game~ (2003)

The Final Battleground — Making of Battle Royale II (2003)

Making of Battle Royale II: Requiem (2003)

Battle Royale II: Requiem (2003)

Shooting Film is Battleground: Making of BATTLE ROYALE (2001)

Battle Royale (2000)

Making of 'Battle Royale' (2000)

The Geisha House (1999)

The Abe Clan (1995)

The Mystery of Rampo (1995)

Crest of Betrayal (1994)

The Triple Cross (1992)

A Chaos of Flowers (1988)

Sure Death 4 (1987)

House on Fire (1986)

Shanghai Vance King (1984)

Legend of the Eight Samurai (1983)

Theater Of Life (1983)

Fall Guy (1982)

Lovers Lost (1982)

Samurai Reincarnation (1981)

Gate of Youth (1981)

Virus (1980)

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Complete Saga (1980)

Shadow Warriors (1980)

The Fall of Ako Castle (1978)

Message from Space (1978)

Shogun's Samurai (1978)

Proof of the Man (1977)

Doberman Cop (1977)

Hokuriku Proxy War (1977)

Yakuza Graveyard (1976)

New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 3: Last Days of the Boss (1976)

Violent Panic: The Big Crash (1976)

New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 2: Head of the Boss (1975)

Gambling Den Heist (1975)

Cops vs. Thugs (1975)

Graveyard of Honor (1975)

New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 1 (1974)

Wounded Angels (1974)

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode (1974)

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics (1974)

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War (1973)

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima (1973)

Battles Without Honor and Humanity (1973)

Outlaw Killers: Three Mad Dog Brothers (1972)

Professional Killers (1972)

Street Mobster (1972)

Under the Flag of the Rising Sun (1972)

Sympathy for the Underdog (1971)

If You Were Young: Rage (1970)

Bloodstained Clan Of Honor (1970)

Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)

Black Rose Mansion (1969)

Japan Organized Crime Boss (1969)

The Green Slime (1968)

Black Lizard (1968)

Blackmail Is My Life (1968)

Gambler's Farewell (1968)

Dissolution Rites (1967)

Rampaging Dragon of the North (1966)

The Kamikaze Guy (1966)

The Threat (1966)

The Boss (1965)

Known For
Directing

Gender
Male

Birthday
1930-07-03

Deathday
2003-01-12 (72 years old)

Birth Place
Mito, Japan

Children
Kenta Fukasaku

Citizenships
Japan

Also Known As
Киндзи Фукасаку, 深作欣二, 深作欣二

Awards
Medal with Purple Ribbon, Golden Arrow Award, Japan Academy Prize for Director of the Year, Japan Academy Film Prize, Nikkan Sports Film Award for Best Director, Mainichi Film Award for Best Director, Blue Ribbon Awards for Best Director