Kinji Fukasaku

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

The Mystery of Rampo

What's a Director?

Miwa: A Japanese Icon

Yakuza Eiga, une histoire du cinéma yakuza

Making of 'Battle Royale'

Shooting Film is Battleground: Making of BATTLE ROYALE

Making of Battle Royale II: Requiem

All Movies (11)

• Miwa: A Japanese Icon2013 · as Himself (archive footage)
• Yakuza Eiga, une histoire du cinéma yakuza2009 · as Himself
• What's a Director?2006
• Electric Yakuza, Go to Hell!2004 · as Self
• Making of Clock Tower 3 ~How Kinji Fukasaku Changed the Game~2003 · as Himself
• The Final Battleground — Making of Battle Royale II2003 · as Self
• Making of Battle Royale II: Requiem2003 · as Self
• Shooting Film is Battleground: Making of BATTLE ROYALE2001 · as Self
• Making of 'Battle Royale'2000 · as Self
• The Mystery of Rampo1994 · as Film Director
• Proof of the Man1977 · as Shibue, Assistant Lieutenant