Kinji Fukasaku

Personal Info

Known For

Directing

Known Credits

11

Gender

Male

Birthday

1930-07-03

Day of death

2003-01-12 (72 years old)

Place of Birth

Mito, Ibaraki, Japan

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

  • Shooting Film is Battleground: Making of BATTLE ROYALE

    Shooting Film is Battleground: Making of BATTLE ROYALE

  • The Mystery of Rampo

    The Mystery of Rampo

  • Yakuza Eiga, une histoire du cinéma yakuza

    Yakuza Eiga, une histoire du cinéma yakuza

  • Proof of the Man

    Proof of the Man

  • Making of Battle Royale II: Requiem

    Making of Battle Royale II: Requiem

  • Making of 'Battle Royale'

    Making of 'Battle Royale'

  • What's a Director?

    What's a Director?

  • The Final Battleground — Making of Battle Royale II

    The Final Battleground — Making of Battle Royale II

  • Miwa: A Japanese Icon

    Miwa: A Japanese Icon

  • Electric Yakuza, Go to Hell!

    Electric Yakuza, Go to Hell!

  • Making of Clock Tower 3 ~How Kinji Fukasaku Changed the Game~

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