Kinji Fukasaku
Directing
Born: July 3, 1930 · Mito, Ibaraki, Japan
Died: January 12, 2003 (aged 72)
Highest Rated
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
Battle Royale
2000
Tora! Tora! Tora!
1970
Battle Royale II: Requiem
2003
Battles Without Honor and Humanity
1973
The Green Slime
1968
Virus
1980
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima
1973
Message from Space
1978
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War
1973
Graveyard of Honor
1975
Street Mobster
1972
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics
1974
Photos (2)
Movies (3)
Self / Appearances (8)
The Final Battleground — Making of Battle Royale II
Self
Shooting Film is Battleground: Making of BATTLE ROYALE
Self
Making of 'Battle Royale'
Self
Making of Battle Royale II: Requiem
Self
Yakuza Eiga, une histoire du cinéma yakuza
Himself
Electric Yakuza, Go to Hell!
Self
Miwa: A Japanese Icon
Himself (archive footage)
Making of Clock Tower 3 ~How Kinji Fukasaku Changed the Game~
Himself
Directing (70)
Professional Killers
Director
Battle Royale
Director
Tora! Tora! Tora!
Director
Shadow Warriors
Director
Key Hunter
Director
Battle Royale II: Requiem
Director
Wounded Angels
Director
Samurai Reincarnation
Director
The Fall of Ako Castle
Director
Unified Shadows
Director
The Green Slime
Director
Yakuza Graveyard
Director
Crest of Betrayal
Director
Virus
Director
Message from Space
Director
Street Mobster
Director
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima
Director
Fall Guy
Director
Legend of the Eight Samurai
Director
Battles Without Honor and Humanity
Director
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War
Director
Graveyard of Honor
Director
Gate of Youth
Director
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics
Director
Shogun's Samurai
Director
Lovers Lost
Director
Under the Flag of the Rising Sun
Director
House on Fire
Director
Japan Organized Crime Boss
Director
Gang vs. G-Men
Director
Wolves, Pigs & Men
Director
Jakoman and Tetsu
Director
New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 2: Head of the Boss
Director
Cops vs. Thugs
Director
Black Rose Mansion
Director
Violent Panic: The Big Crash
Director
Theater Of Life
Director
Gambling Den Heist
Director
Blackmail Is My Life
Director
Black Lizard
Director
The Triple Cross
Director
The Threat
Director
The Geisha House
Director
Doberman Cop
Director
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode
Director
Hokuriku Proxy War
Director
Dissolution Rites
Director
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Complete Saga
Director
Sure Death 4
Director
League of Gangsters
Director
New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 3: Last Days of the Boss
Director
New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 1
Director
Sympathy for the Underdog
Director
Man with the Funky Hat
Director
If You Were Young: Rage
Director
Bloodstained Clan of Honor
Director
Shanghai Rhapsody
Director
A Chaos of Flowers
Director
Outlaw Killers: Three Mad Dog Brothers
Director
Rampaging Dragon of the North
Director
Gambler's Farewell
Director
Greed in Broad Daylight
Director
Drifting Detective: Black Wind in Harbor
Director
The Kamikaze Guy
Director
Man with a Funky Hat: The 20,000,000 Yen Arm
Director
The Challenge
Director
Outlaw Under a Blue Canopy
Assistant Director
Tale of Young Drifter 2
Assistant Director
Drifting Detective: Tragedy in the Red Valley
Director
The Abe Clan
Director
Writing (30)
Shadow Warriors
Writer
Samurai Reincarnation
Writer
The Green Slime
Story
Crest of Betrayal
Screenplay
Virus
Screenplay
Message from Space
Story
Street Mobster
Screenplay
Legend of the Eight Samurai
Screenplay
Shogun's Samurai
Screenplay
Lovers Lost
Screenplay
Under the Flag of the Rising Sun
Writer
House on Fire
Screenplay
Japan Organized Crime Boss
Screenplay
Wolves, Pigs & Men
Screenplay
Black Rose Mansion
Writer
Violent Panic: The Big Crash
Screenplay
Theater Of Life
Screenplay
Black Lizard
Screenplay
The Threat
Screenplay
Dissolution Rites
Screenplay
Sure Death 4
Writer
League of Gangsters
Screenplay
Sympathy for the Underdog
Screenplay
If You Were Young: Rage
Writer
The Yagyu Conspiracy
Original Film Writer
Bloodstained Clan of Honor
Writer
Shanghai Rhapsody
Screenplay
A Chaos of Flowers
Screenplay
The Kamikaze Guy
Screenplay
The Boss
Screenplay