Kinji Fukasaku
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Kinji Fukasaku

Jul 3, 1930 - 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).

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Movie2006What's a Director?
Movie2003Making of Clock Tower 3 ~How Kinji Fukasaku Changed the Game~Himself
Movie2003The Final Battleground — Making of Battle Royale IISelf
Movie2001Shooting Film is Battleground: Making of BATTLE ROYALESelf
Movie2003Making of Battle Royale II: RequiemSelf
Movie1977Proof of the ManShibue, Assistant Lieutenant
Movie1995The Mystery of RampoFilm Director
Movie2013Miwa: A Japanese IconHimself (archive footage)
Movie2009Yakuza Eiga, une histoire du cinéma yakuzaHimself
Movie2004Electric Yakuza, Go to Hell!Self
Movie2000Making of 'Battle Royale'Self

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Movie1978Shogun's SamuraiScreenplayWriting
Movie1970Tora! Tora! Tora!DirectorDirecting
Movie2000Battle RoyaleDirectorDirecting
Movie2000Battle RoyaleProducerProduction
Movie1972Street MobsterDirectorDirecting
Movie1982Fall GuyDirectorDirecting
Movie1973Battles Without Honor and HumanityDirectorDirecting
Movie1978Shogun's SamuraiDirectorDirecting
Movie1968The Green SlimeStoryWriting
Movie1968The Green SlimeDirectorDirecting
Movie1980VirusDirectorDirecting
Movie1980VirusScreenplayWriting
Movie1968Black LizardDirectorDirecting
Movie1972Under the Flag of the Rising SunDirectorDirecting
Movie1999The Geisha HouseDirectorDirecting
Movie1974Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final EpisodeDirectorDirecting
Movie1966The Kamikaze GuyDirectorDirecting
Movie1966The Kamikaze GuyScreenplayWriting
Movie1976Yakuza GraveyardDirectorDirecting
Movie1983Legend of the Eight SamuraiDirectorDirecting
Movie1976New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 3: Last Days of the BossDirectorDirecting
Movie1974New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 1DirectorDirecting
Movie1975New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 2: Head of the BossDirectorDirecting
Movie1978The Fall of Ako CastleDirectorDirecting
Movie1973Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy WarDirectorDirecting
Movie1973Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in HiroshimaDirectorDirecting
Movie1975Graveyard of HonorDirectorDirecting
Movie1974Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police TacticsDirectorDirecting
Movie1971Sympathy for the UnderdogDirectorDirecting
Movie1981Samurai ReincarnationWriterWriting
Movie1981Samurai ReincarnationDirectorDirecting
Movie1978Message from SpaceDirectorDirecting
Movie1970Bloodstained Clan of HonorDirectorDirecting
Movie1970Bloodstained Clan of HonorWriterWriting
Movie1977Doberman CopDirectorDirecting
Movie1972Outlaw Killers: Three Mad Dog BrothersDirectorDirecting
Movie1975Cops vs. ThugsDirectorDirecting
Movie1961Drifting Detective: Tragedy in the Red ValleyDirectorDirecting
Movie1969Japan Organized Crime BossDirectorDirecting
Movie1968Blackmail Is My LifeDirectorDirecting
Movie1969Black Rose MansionWriterWriting
Movie1969Black Rose MansionDirectorDirecting
Movie1970If You Were Young: RageWriterWriting
Movie1970If You Were Young: RageDirectorDirecting
Movie1961Man with a Funky Hat: The 20,000,000 Yen ArmDirectorDirecting
Movie1992The Triple CrossDirectorDirecting
Movie1982Lovers LostDirectorDirecting
Movie1981Gate of YouthDirectorDirecting
Movie1977Hokuriku Proxy WarDirectorDirecting
Movie1976Violent Panic: The Big CrashDirectorDirecting
Movie1964Wolves, Pigs & MenDirectorDirecting
Movie1994Crest of BetrayalDirectorDirecting
Movie1972Under the Flag of the Rising SunWriterWriting
Movie1995The Abe ClanDirectorDirecting
Movie1987Sure Death 4WriterWriting
Movie1987Sure Death 4DirectorDirecting
Movie1986House on FireDirectorDirecting
Movie1975Gambling Den HeistDirectorDirecting
Movie1980Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Complete SagaDirectorDirecting
Movie1976Violent Panic: The Big CrashScreenplayWriting
Movie1988A Chaos of FlowersDirectorDirecting
Movie1988A Chaos of FlowersWriterWriting
Movie2008The Yagyu ConspiracyOriginal Film WriterWriting
Movie1962The ChallengeDirectorDirecting
Movie1961Man with the Funky HatDirectorDirecting
Movie1961Drifting Detective: Black Wind in HarborDirectorDirecting
Movie1965The BossScreenplayWriting
Movie1968Gambler's FarewellDirectorDirecting
Movie1961Greed in Broad DaylightDirectorDirecting
Movie1964Jakoman and TetsuDirectorDirecting
Movie1966The ThreatDirectorDirecting
Movie1966Rampaging Dragon of the NorthDirectorDirecting
Movie1962Gang vs. G-MenDirectorDirecting
Movie1966The ThreatScreenplayWriting
Movie1967Dissolution RitesScreenplayWriting
Movie1967Dissolution RitesDirectorDirecting
Movie1983Theater Of LifeScreenplayWriting
Movie1983Theater Of LifeDirectorDirecting
Movie2003Battle Royale II: RequiemDirectorDirecting
Movie1960Tale of Young Drifter 2Assistant DirectorDirecting
Movie1969Japan Organized Crime BossScreenplayWriting
Movie1971Sympathy for the UnderdogScreenplayWriting
Movie1960Outlaw Under a Blue CanopyAssistant DirectorDirecting
Movie1963League of GangstersDirectorDirecting
Movie1963League of GangstersScreenplayWriting
Movie1994Crest of BetrayalScreenplayWriting
Movie1965The BossEditorEditing
Movie1983Legend of the Eight SamuraiScreenplayWriting
Movie1986House on FireScreenplayWriting
Movie1984Shanghai RhapsodyDirectorDirecting
Movie1984Shanghai RhapsodyScreenplayWriting
Movie1978Message from SpaceStoryWriting
Movie1972Street MobsterScreenplayWriting
Movie1982Lovers LostScreenplayWriting
Movie1968Black LizardScreenplayWriting
Movie1964Wolves, Pigs & MenScreenplayWriting
TV Show1980Shadow WarriorsDirectorDirecting
TV Show1974Wounded AngelsDirectorDirecting
TV Show1980Shadow WarriorsWriterWriting
TV Show1972Professional KillersDirectorDirecting
TV Show1975Unified ShadowsDirectorDirecting