Kinji Fukasaku
Known for: Directing
Born: July 3, 1930
Died: January 12, 2003
Place of birth: 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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Filmography
78 movies · 5 TV shows, newest first
6.3
Miwa: A Japanese Icon
2013
6.5
Yakuza Eiga, une histoire du cinéma yakuza
2009
NR
The Yagyu Conspiracy
2008
NR
What's a Director?
2006
8.5
Electric Yakuza, Go to Hell!
2004
NR
Making of Clock Tower 3 ~How Kinji Fukasaku Changed the Game~
2003
NR
The Final Battleground — Making of Battle Royale II
2003
NR
Making of Battle Royale II: Requiem
2003
5.0
Battle Royale II: Requiem
2003
NR
Shooting Film is Battleground: Making of BATTLE ROYALE
2001
7.3
Battle Royale
2000
NR
Making of 'Battle Royale'
2000
7.7
The Geisha House
1999
7.7
The Abe Clan
1995
5.5
Crest of Betrayal
1994
7.1
The Mystery of Rampo
1994
7.2
The Triple Cross
1992
7.5
A Chaos of Flowers
1988
7.0
Sure Death 4
1987
4.5
House on Fire
1986
7.0
Shanghai Rhapsody
1984
5.8
Legend of the Eight Samurai
1983
9.0
Theater Of Life
1983
6.5
Fall Guy
1982
6.5
Lovers Lost
1982
5.9
Samurai Reincarnation
1981
7.2
Gate of Youth
1981
6.3
Virus
1980
5.5
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Complete Saga
1980
8.0
Shadow Warriors
1980
6.8
The Fall of Ako Castle
1978
5.9
Message from Space
1978
7.0
Shogun's Samurai
1978
7.8
Proof of the Man
1977
6.5
Doberman Cop
1977
6.9
Hokuriku Proxy War
1977
6.6
Yakuza Graveyard
1976
7.1
New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 3: Last Days of the Boss
1976
6.5
Violent Panic: The Big Crash
1976
7.4
New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 2: Head of the Boss
1975
7.3
Gambling Den Heist
1975
6.1
Cops vs. Thugs
1975
NR
Unified Shadows
1975
6.7
Graveyard of Honor
1975
5.9
New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 1
1974
10.0
Wounded Angels
1974
7.2
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode
1974
7.0
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics
1974
7.0
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War
1973
7.3
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima
1973
7.3
Battles Without Honor and Humanity
1973
6.8
Outlaw Killers: Three Mad Dog Brothers
1972
8.0
Professional Killers
1972
6.8
Street Mobster
1972
7.6
Under the Flag of the Rising Sun
1972
7.1
Sympathy for the Underdog
1971
6.0
If You Were Young: Rage
1970
7.4
Bloodstained Clan of Honor
1970
7.2
Tora! Tora! Tora!
1970
4.9
Black Rose Mansion
1969
7.4
Japan Organized Crime Boss
1969
5.3
The Green Slime
1968
6.9
Black Lizard
1968
7.0
Key Hunter
1968
6.6
Blackmail Is My Life
1968
8.0
Gambler's Farewell
1968
7.0
Dissolution Rites
1967
7.0
Rampaging Dragon of the North
1966
7.7
The Kamikaze Guy
1966
7.3
The Threat
1966
7.0
The Boss
1965
8.1
Wolves, Pigs & Men
1964
7.5
Jakoman and Tetsu
1964
8.0
League of Gangsters
1963
7.5
Gang vs. G-Men
1962
7.4
The Challenge
1962
8.0
Greed in Broad Daylight
1961
6.5
Man with a Funky Hat: The 20,000,000 Yen Arm
1961
9.0
Man with the Funky Hat
1961
7.0
Drifting Detective: Black Wind in Harbor
1961
7.0
Drifting Detective: Tragedy in the Red Valley
1961
NR
Tale of Young Drifter 2
1960
8.0
Outlaw Under a Blue Canopy
1960