
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
Battle Royale
Director
Tora! Tora! Tora!
Director
Battles Without Honor and Humanity
Director
Battle Royale II: Requiem
Director
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima
Director
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War
Director
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode
Director
Virus
Director
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Filmography
Acting (11)
Movies (11)
Miwa: A Japanese Icon
2013as Himself (archive footage)
Yakuza Eiga, une histoire du cinéma yakuza
2009as Himself
What's a Director?
2006
Electric Yakuza, Go to Hell!
2004as Self
Making of Battle Royale II: Requiem
2003as Self
The Final Battleground — Making of Battle Royale II
2003as Self
Making of Clock Tower 3 ~How Kinji Fukasaku Changed the Game~
2003as Himself
Shooting Film is Battleground: Making of BATTLE ROYALE
2001as Self
Making of 'Battle Royale'
2000as Self
The Mystery of Rampo
1994as Film Director
Proof of the Man
1977as Shibue, Assistant Lieutenant
Crew (102)
Movies (96)
The Yagyu Conspiracy
2008Original Film Writer
Battle Royale II: Requiem
2003Director
Battle Royale
2000Director
Battle Royale
2000Producer
The Geisha House
1999Director
The Abe Clan
1995Director
Crest of Betrayal
1994Director
Crest of Betrayal
1994Screenplay
The Triple Cross
1992Director
A Chaos of Flowers
1988Director
A Chaos of Flowers
1988Writer
Sure Death 4
1987Director
Sure Death 4
1987Writer
House on Fire
1986Director
House on Fire
1986Screenplay
Shanghai Rhapsody
1984Director
Shanghai Rhapsody
1984Screenplay
Theater Of Life
1983Director
Theater Of Life
1983Screenplay
Legend of the Eight Samurai
1983Director
Legend of the Eight Samurai
1983Screenplay
Lovers Lost
1982Director
Lovers Lost
1982Screenplay
Fall Guy
1982Director
Gate of Youth
1981Director
Samurai Reincarnation
1981Director
Samurai Reincarnation
1981Writer
Virus
1980Director
Virus
1980Screenplay
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Complete Saga
1980Director
Message from Space
1978Director
Message from Space
1978Story
The Fall of Ako Castle
1978Director
Shogun's Samurai
1978Director
Shogun's Samurai
1978Screenplay
Hokuriku Proxy War
1977Director
Doberman Cop
1977Director
Violent Panic: The Big Crash
1976Director
Violent Panic: The Big Crash
1976Screenplay
Yakuza Graveyard
1976Director
New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 3: Last Days of the Boss
1976Director
Cops vs. Thugs
1975Director
Gambling Den Heist
1975Director
Graveyard of Honor
1975Director
New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 2: Head of the Boss
1975Director
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics
1974Director
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode
1974Director
New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 1
1974Director
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War
1973Director
Battles Without Honor and Humanity
1973Director
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima
1973Director
Street Mobster
1972Director
Street Mobster
1972Screenplay
Under the Flag of the Rising Sun
1972Director
Under the Flag of the Rising Sun
1972Writer
Outlaw Killers: Three Mad Dog Brothers
1972Director
Sympathy for the Underdog
1971Director
Sympathy for the Underdog
1971Screenplay
Tora! Tora! Tora!
1970Director
If You Were Young: Rage
1970Director
If You Were Young: Rage
1970Writer
Bloodstained Clan of Honor
1970Director
Bloodstained Clan of Honor
1970Writer
Black Rose Mansion
1969Director
Black Rose Mansion
1969Writer
Japan Organized Crime Boss
1969Director
Japan Organized Crime Boss
1969Screenplay
The Green Slime
1968Director
The Green Slime
1968Story
Black Lizard
1968Director
Black Lizard
1968Screenplay
Blackmail Is My Life
1968Director
Gambler's Farewell
1968Director
Dissolution Rites
1967Director
Dissolution Rites
1967Screenplay
Rampaging Dragon of the North
1966Director
The Threat
1966Director
The Threat
1966Screenplay
The Kamikaze Guy
1966Director
The Kamikaze Guy
1966Screenplay
The Boss
1965Editor
The Boss
1965Screenplay
Jakoman and Tetsu
1964Director
Wolves, Pigs & Men
1964Director
Wolves, Pigs & Men
1964Screenplay
League of Gangsters
1963Director
League of Gangsters
1963Screenplay
The Challenge
1962Director
Gang vs. G-Men
1962Director
Man with the Funky Hat
1961Director
Man with a Funky Hat: The 20,000,000 Yen Arm
1961Director
Drifting Detective: Tragedy in the Red Valley
1961Director
Greed in Broad Daylight
1961Director
Drifting Detective: Black Wind in Harbor
1961Director
Tale of Young Drifter 2
1960Assistant Director
Outlaw Under a Blue Canopy
1960Assistant Director
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