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).
Filmography
Proof of the Man
as Shibue, Assistant Lieutenant
The Mystery of Rampo
as Film Director
Miwa: A Japanese Icon
as Himself (archive footage)
Electric Yakuza, Go to Hell!
as Self
Yakuza Eiga, une histoire du cinéma yakuza
as Himself
Making of 'Battle Royale'
as Self