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).
Filmography
Proof of the Man
1977
as Shibue, Assistant Lieutenant
The Mystery of Rampo
1994
as Film Director
What's a Director?
2006
Making of 'Battle Royale'
2000
as Self
Making of Battle Royale II: Requiem
2003
as Self
Shooting Film is Battleground: Making of BATTLE ROYALE
2001
as Self
Miwa: A Japanese Icon
2013
as Himself (archive footage)
Electric Yakuza, Go to Hell!
2004
as Self
The Final Battleground — Making of Battle Royale II
2003
as Self
Yakuza Eiga, une histoire du cinéma yakuza
2009
as Himself
Making of Clock Tower 3 ~How Kinji Fukasaku Changed the Game~
2003
as Himself