Kinji Fukasaku
Directing • Born on 7/3/1930 in Mito, Ibaraki, Japan
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)
The Mystery of Rampo
Film Director
Proof of the Man
Shibue, Assistant Lieutenant
The Final Battleground — Making of Battle Royale II
Self
Miwa: A Japanese Icon
Himself (archive footage)
What's a Director?
Shooting Film is Battleground: Making of BATTLE ROYALE
Self
Yakuza Eiga, une histoire du cinéma yakuza
Himself
Making of Battle Royale II: Requiem
Self
Electric Yakuza, Go to Hell!
Self
Making of 'Battle Royale'
Self
Making of Clock Tower 3 ~How Kinji Fukasaku Changed the Game~
Himself