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Director
Kinji Fukasaku
- Born July 3, 1930 in Mito, Ibaraki, Japan
- Died January 12, 2003
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
Battle Royale2000
Tora! Tora! Tora!1970
Battle Royale II: Requiem2003
Battles Without Honor and Humanity1973
The Green Slime1968
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima1973
Virus1980
Message from Space1978
Filmography
- 2013Miwa: A Japanese IconFilmSelf (archive footage)
- 2009Yakuza Eiga, une histoire du cinéma yakuzaFilmHimself
- 2008The Yagyu ConspiracyFilmOriginal Film Writer
- 2007FleshdanceSeriesCreator
- 2006What's a Director?Film
- 2004Electric Yakuza, Go to Hell!FilmSelf
- 2003Battle Royale II: RequiemFilmDirector
- 2003Making of Clock Tower 3 ~How Kinji Fukasaku Changed the Game~FilmHimself
- 2003The Final Battleground — Making of Battle Royale IIFilmSelf
- 2003Making of Battle Royale II: RequiemFilmSelf
- 2001Shooting Film is Battleground: Making of BATTLE ROYALEFilmSelf
- 2000Battle RoyaleFilmDirector, Producer
- 2000Making of 'Battle Royale'FilmSelf
- 1999The Geisha HouseFilmDirector
- 1995The Abe ClanFilmDirector
- 1994Crest of BetrayalFilmDirector, Screenplay
- 1994The Mystery of RampoFilmFilm Director
- 1992The Triple CrossFilmDirector
- 1988A Chaos of FlowersFilmDirector, Screenplay
- 1987Sure Death 4FilmWriter, Director
- 1986House on FireFilmDirector, Screenplay
- 1984Shanghai RhapsodyFilmDirector, Screenplay
- 1983Legend of the Eight SamuraiFilmDirector, Screenplay
- 1983Theater Of LifeFilmScreenplay, Director
- 1982Fall GuyFilmDirector
- 1982Lovers LostFilmDirector, Screenplay
- 1981Samurai ReincarnationFilmWriter, Director
- 1981Gate of YouthFilmDirector
- 1980VirusFilmDirector, Screenplay
- 1980Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Complete SagaFilmDirector
- 1980Shadow WarriorsSeriesDirector, Writer
- 1978Message from SpaceFilmDirector, Story
- 1978Shogun's Samurai: The Yagyu Clan ConspiracyFilmScreenplay, Director
- 1978The Fall of Ako CastleFilmDirector
- 1977Doberman CopFilmDirector
- 1977Proof of the ManFilmShibue, Assistant Lieutenant
- 1977Hokuriku Proxy WarFilmDirector
- 1976Yakuza GraveyardFilmDirector
- 1976New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 3: Last Days of the BossFilmDirector
- 1976Violent Panic: The Big CrashFilmDirector, Screenplay
- 1975Graveyard of HonorFilmDirector
- 1975Cops vs. ThugsFilmDirector
- 1975New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 2: Head of the BossFilmDirector
- 1975Gambling Den HeistFilmDirector
- 1975Unified ShadowsSeriesDirector
- 1974Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police TacticsFilmDirector
- 1974Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final EpisodeFilmDirector
- 1974New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 1FilmDirector
- 1974Wounded AngelsSeriesDirector
- 1973Battles Without Honor and HumanityFilmDirector
- 1973Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in HiroshimaFilmDirector
- 1973Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy WarFilmDirector
- 1972Street MobsterFilmDirector, Screenplay
- 1972Under the Flag of the Rising SunFilmDirector, Writer
- 1972Outlaw Killers: Three Mad Dog BrothersFilmDirector
- 1972Professional KillersSeriesDirector
- 1971Sympathy for the UnderdogFilmDirector, Screenplay
- 1970Tora! Tora! Tora!FilmDirector
- 1970If You Were Young: RageFilmWriter, Director
- 1970Bloodstained Clan of HonorFilmDirector, Writer
- 1969Japan Organized Crime BossFilmDirector, Screenplay
- 1969Black Rose MansionFilmWriter, Director
- 1968The Green SlimeFilmStory, Director
- 1968Black LizardFilmDirector, Screenplay
- 1968Blackmail Is My LifeFilmDirector
- 1968Gambler's FarewellFilmDirector
- 1968Key HunterSeriesDirector
- 1967Dissolution RitesFilmScreenplay, Director
- 1966The ThreatFilmDirector, Screenplay
- 1966The Kamikaze GuyFilmDirector, Screenplay
- 1966Rampaging Dragon of the NorthFilmDirector
- 1965The BossFilmScreenplay, Editor
- 1964Wolves, Pigs & MenFilmDirector, Screenplay
- 1964Jakoman and TetsuFilmDirector
- 1963League of GangstersFilmDirector, Screenplay
- 1962The ChallengeFilmDirector
- 1962Gang vs. G-MenFilmDirector
- 1961Drifting Detective: Tragedy in the Red ValleyFilmDirector
- 1961Man with a Funky Hat: The 20,000,000 Yen ArmFilmDirector
- 1961Drifting Detective: Black Wind in HarborFilmDirector