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Kinji Fukasaku

Known For
Directing

Known Credits
11

Gender
Male

Birthday
July 3, 1930 (96 years old)

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).

Known For

Writing

2008The Yagyu Conspiracy...Original Film Writer
1994Crest of Betrayal...Screenplay
1988A Chaos of Flowers...Screenplay
1987Sure Death 4...Writer
1986House on Fire...Screenplay
1984Shanghai Rhapsody...Screenplay
1983Legend of the Eight Samurai...Screenplay
1983Theater Of Life...Screenplay
1982Lovers Lost...Screenplay
1981Samurai Reincarnation...Writer
1980Virus...Screenplay
1980Shadow Warriors...Writer
1978Message from Space...Story
1978Shogun's Samurai...Screenplay
1976Violent Panic: The Big Crash...Screenplay
1972Street Mobster...Screenplay
1972Under the Flag of the Rising Sun...Writer
1971Sympathy for the Underdog...Screenplay
1970If You Were Young: Rage...Writer
1970Bloodstained Clan of Honor...Writer
1969Black Rose Mansion...Writer
1969Japan Organized Crime Boss...Screenplay
1968The Green Slime...Story
1968Black Lizard...Screenplay
1967Dissolution Rites...Screenplay
1966The Kamikaze Guy...Screenplay
1966The Threat...Screenplay
1965The Boss...Screenplay
1964Wolves, Pigs & Men...Screenplay
1963League of Gangsters...Screenplay

Directing

2003Battle Royale II: Requiem...Director
2000Battle Royale...Director
1999The Geisha House...Director
1995The Abe Clan...Director
1994Crest of Betrayal...Director
1992The Triple Cross...Director
1988A Chaos of Flowers...Director
1987Sure Death 4...Director
1986House on Fire...Director
1984Shanghai Rhapsody...Director
1983Legend of the Eight Samurai...Director
1983Theater Of Life...Director
1982Fall Guy...Director
1982Lovers Lost...Director
1981Samurai Reincarnation...Director
1981Gate of Youth...Director
1980Virus...Director
1980Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Complete Saga...Director
1980Shadow Warriors...Director
1978The Fall of Ako Castle...Director
1978Message from Space...Director
1978Shogun's Samurai...Director
1977Doberman Cop...Director
1977Hokuriku Proxy War...Director
1976Yakuza Graveyard...Director
1976New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 3: Last Days of the Boss...Director
1976Violent Panic: The Big Crash...Director
1975New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 2: Head of the Boss...Director
1975Gambling Den Heist...Director
1975Cops vs. Thugs...Director
1975Unified Shadows...Director
1975Graveyard of Honor...Director
1974New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 1...Director
1974Wounded Angels...Director
1974Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode...Director
1974Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics...Director
1973Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War...Director
1973Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima...Director
1973Battles Without Honor and Humanity...Director
1972Outlaw Killers: Three Mad Dog Brothers...Director
1972Professional Killers...Director
1972Street Mobster...Director
1972Under the Flag of the Rising Sun...Director
1971Sympathy for the Underdog...Director
1970If You Were Young: Rage...Director
1970Bloodstained Clan of Honor...Director
1970Tora! Tora! Tora!...Director
1969Black Rose Mansion...Director
1969Japan Organized Crime Boss...Director
1968The Green Slime...Director
1968Black Lizard...Director
1968Key Hunter...Director
1968Blackmail Is My Life...Director
1968Gambler's Farewell...Director
1967Dissolution Rites...Director
1966Rampaging Dragon of the North...Director
1966The Kamikaze Guy...Director
1966The Threat...Director
1964Wolves, Pigs & Men...Director
1964Jakoman and Tetsu...Director
1963League of Gangsters...Director
1962Gang vs. G-Men...Director
1962The Challenge...Director
1961Greed in Broad Daylight...Director
1961Man with a Funky Hat: The 20,000,000 Yen Arm...Director
1961Man with the Funky Hat...Director
1961Drifting Detective: Black Wind in Harbor...Director
1961Drifting Detective: Tragedy in the Red Valley...Director
1960Tale of Young Drifter 2...Assistant Director
1960Outlaw Under a Blue Canopy...Assistant Director

Production

2000Battle Royale...Producer

Editing

1965The Boss...Editor

Acting

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