Kinji Fukasaku
Known for Directing
Born July 3, 1930
Died January 12, 2003 (aged 72)
Place of Birth Mito, Ibaraki, Japan
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).
Filmography
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Battle Royale
2000
Director
Tora! Tora! Tora!
1970
Director
Graveyard of Honor
1975
Director
Samurai Reincarnation
1981
Director
Street Mobster
1972
Director
The Fall of Ako Castle
1978
Director
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima
1973
Director
Battles Without Honor and Humanity
1973
Director
Message from Space
1978
Director
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics
1974
Director
Yakuza Graveyard
1976
Director
New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 2: Head of the Boss
1975
Director
Gate of Youth
1981
Director
Cops vs. Thugs
1975
Director
Crest of Betrayal
1994
Director
Virus
1980
Director
New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 3: Last Days of the Boss
1976
Director
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War
1973
Director
Hokuriku Proxy War
1977
Director
Legend of the Eight Samurai
1983
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