Kinji Fukasaku
Directing·July 3, 1930·† January 12, 2003 — 72 years old·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).
Known For
Battle Royale
2000·7.3
Tora! Tora! Tora!
1970·7.2
Battle Royale II: Requiem
2003·5.0
Battles Without Honor and Humanity
1973·7.4
The Green Slime
1968·5.3
Virus
1980·6.3
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima
1973·7.3
Message from Space
1978·5.9
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War
1973·7.0
Graveyard of Honor
1975·6.6
Street Mobster
1972·6.8
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics
1974·7.0
Filmography · 83
2013Miwa: A Japanese IconHimself (archive footage)2009Yakuza Eiga, une histoire du cinéma yakuzaHimself2008The Yagyu ConspiracyOriginal Film Writer2006What's a Director?2004Electric Yakuza, Go to Hell!Self2003Making of Clock Tower 3 ~How Kinji Fukasaku Changed the Game~Himself2003The Final Battleground — Making of Battle Royale IISelf2003Making of Battle Royale II: RequiemSelf2003Battle Royale II: RequiemDirector2001Shooting Film is Battleground: Making of BATTLE ROYALESelf2000Battle RoyaleDirector · Producer2000Making of 'Battle Royale'Self1999The Geisha HouseDirector1995The Abe ClanDirector1994Crest of BetrayalDirector · Screenplay1994The Mystery of RampoFilm Director1992The Triple CrossDirector1988A Chaos of FlowersDirector · Screenplay1987Sure Death 4Director · Writer1986House on FireDirector · Screenplay1984Shanghai RhapsodyDirector · Screenplay1983Legend of the Eight SamuraiDirector · Screenplay1983Theater Of LifeDirector · Screenplay1982Fall GuyDirector1982Lovers LostDirector · Screenplay1981Samurai ReincarnationDirector · Writer1981Gate of YouthDirector1980VirusDirector · Screenplay1980Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Complete SagaDirector1980Shadow WarriorsTVDirector · Writer1978The Fall of Ako CastleDirector1978Message from SpaceDirector · Story1978Shogun's SamuraiScreenplay · Director1977Proof of the ManShibue, Assistant Lieutenant1977Doberman CopDirector1977Hokuriku Proxy WarDirector1976Yakuza GraveyardDirector1976New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 3: Last Days of the BossDirector1976Violent Panic: The Big CrashDirector · Screenplay1975New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 2: Head of the BossDirector1975Gambling Den HeistDirector1975Cops vs. ThugsDirector1975Unified ShadowsTVDirector1975Graveyard of HonorDirector1974New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 1Director1974Wounded AngelsTVDirector1974Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final EpisodeDirector1974Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police TacticsDirector1973Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy WarDirector1973Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in HiroshimaDirector1973Battles Without Honor and HumanityDirector1972Outlaw Killers: Three Mad Dog BrothersDirector1972Professional KillersTVDirector1972Street MobsterDirector · Screenplay1972Under the Flag of the Rising SunDirector · Writer1971Sympathy for the UnderdogDirector · Screenplay1970If You Were Young: RageDirector · Writer1970Bloodstained Clan of HonorDirector · Writer1970Tora! Tora! Tora!Director1969Black Rose MansionDirector · Writer1969Japan Organized Crime BossDirector · Screenplay1968The Green SlimeDirector · Story1968Black LizardDirector · Screenplay1968Key HunterTVDirector1968Blackmail Is My LifeDirector1968Gambler's FarewellDirector1967Dissolution RitesDirector · Screenplay1966Rampaging Dragon of the NorthDirector1966The Kamikaze GuyDirector · Screenplay1966The ThreatDirector · Screenplay1965The BossScreenplay · Editor1964Wolves, Pigs & MenDirector · Screenplay1964Jakoman and TetsuDirector1963League of GangstersDirector · Screenplay1962Gang vs. G-MenDirector1962The ChallengeDirector1961Greed in Broad DaylightDirector1961Man with a Funky Hat: The 20,000,000 Yen ArmDirector1961Man with the Funky HatDirector1961Drifting Detective: Black Wind in HarborDirector1961Drifting Detective: Tragedy in the Red ValleyDirector1960Tale of Young Drifter 2Assistant Director1960Outlaw Under a Blue CanopyAssistant Director