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

Proof of the Man

Electric Yakuza, Go to Hell!

Acting

2006

What's a Director?

as

2003

Making of Clock Tower 3 ~How Kinji Fukasaku Changed the Game~

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Himself

2001

Shooting Film is Battleground: Making of BATTLE ROYALE

as

Self

2003

The Final Battleground — Making of Battle Royale II

as

Self

2003

Making of Battle Royale II: Requiem

as

Self

1977

Proof of the Man

as

Shibue, Assistant Lieutenant

1995

The Mystery of Rampo

as

Film Director

2013

Miwa: A Japanese Icon

as

Himself (archive footage)

2009

Yakuza Eiga, une histoire du cinéma yakuza

as

Himself

2004

Electric Yakuza, Go to Hell!

as

Self

2000

Making of 'Battle Royale'

as

Self

Production

2000

Battle Royale

as

Crew

Directing

1970

Tora! Tora! Tora!

as

2000

Battle Royale

as

1972

Street Mobster

as

1982

Fall Guy

as

1973

Battles Without Honor and Humanity

as

1978

Shogun's Samurai

as

1968

The Green Slime

as

1980

Virus

as

1968

Black Lizard

as

1972

Under the Flag of the Rising Sun

as

1999

The Geisha House

as

1974

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode

as

1966

The Kamikaze Guy

as

1976

Yakuza Graveyard

as

1983

Legend of the Eight Samurai

as

1975

New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 2: Head of the Boss

as

1976

New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 3: Last Days of the Boss

as

1974

New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 1

as

1978

The Fall of Ako Castle

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1973

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War

as

1973

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima

as

1975

Graveyard of Honor

as

1974

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics

as

1971

Sympathy for the Underdog

as

1981

Samurai Reincarnation

as

1978

Message from Space

as

1970

Bloodstained Clan of Honor

as

1977

Doberman Cop

as

1972

Outlaw Killers: Three Mad Dog Brothers

as

1975

Cops vs. Thugs

as

1961

Drifting Detective: Tragedy in the Red Valley

as

1969

Japan Organized Crime Boss

as

1968

Blackmail Is My Life

as

1961

Man with a Funky Hat: The 20,000,000 Yen Arm

as

1992

The Triple Cross

as

1969

Black Rose Mansion

as

1970

If You Were Young: Rage

as

1982

Lovers Lost

as

1981

Gate of Youth

as

1977

Hokuriku Proxy War

as

1976

Violent Panic: The Big Crash

as

1964

Wolves, Pigs & Men

as

1994

Crest of Betrayal

as

1995

The Abe Clan

as

1987

Sure Death 4

as

1986

House on Fire

as

1975

Gambling Den Heist

as

1980

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Complete Saga

as

1988

A Chaos of Flowers

as

1962

The Challenge

as

1961

Man with the Funky Hat

as

1961

Drifting Detective: Black Wind in Harbor

as

1968

Gambler's Farewell

as

1961

Greed in Broad Daylight

as

1964

Jakoman and Tetsu

as

1966

The Threat

as

1966

Rampaging Dragon of the North

as

1962

Gang vs. G-Men

as

1967

Dissolution Rites

as

1983

Theater Of Life

as

2003

Battle Royale II: Requiem

as

1960

Tale of Young Drifter 2

as

1960

Outlaw Under a Blue Canopy

as

1963

League of Gangsters

as

1984

Shanghai Rhapsody

as

Shadow Warriors

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Wounded Angels

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Professional Killers

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Unified Shadows

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