Personal Info
Known For
Directing
Birthdate
1930-07-03
Day of Death
2003-01-12
Place of Birth
Mito, Ibaraki, Japan
Kinji Fukasaku
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 (11)
⭐ 6.3
Role:
Himself (archive footage)
Miwa: A Japanese Icon
2013
⭐ 7.0
Role:
Himself
Yakuza Eiga, une histoire du cinéma yakuza
2009
⭐ 0
Role:
Unknown
What's a Director?
2006
⭐ 8.5
Role:
Self
Electric Yakuza, Go to Hell!
2004
⭐ 0
Role:
Himself
Making of Clock Tower 3 ~How Kinji Fukasaku Changed the Game~
2003
⭐ 0
Role:
Self
The Final Battleground — Making of Battle Royale II
2003
⭐ 0
Role:
Self
Making of Battle Royale II: Requiem
2003
⭐ 0
Role:
Self
Shooting Film is Battleground: Making of BATTLE ROYALE
2001
⭐ 0
Role:
Self
Making of 'Battle Royale'
2000
⭐ 7.2
Role:
Film Director
The Mystery of Rampo
1994
⭐ 7.8
Role:
Shibue, Assistant Lieutenant