Kinji Fukasaku
July 3, 1930 (94 years old) in Mito, Ibaraki Prefecture Japan
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).
Known For
Credits
- 2013 · Miwa: A Japanese Icon as Himself (archive footage)
- 2009 · Yakuza Eiga, une histoire du cinéma yakuza as Himself
- 2006 · What's a Director? as
- 2004 · Electric Yakuza, Go to Hell! as Self
- 2003 · Making of Clock Tower 3 ~How Kinji Fukasaku Changed the Game~ as Himself
- 2003 · The Final Battleground — Making of Battle Royale II as Self
- 2003 · Making of Battle Royale II: Requiem as Self
- 2001 · Shooting Film is Battleground: Making of BATTLE ROYALE as Self
- 2000 · Making of 'Battle Royale' as Self
- 1995 · The Mystery of Rampo as
- 1977 · Proof of the Man as Shibue, Assistant Lieutenant