Kinji Fukasaku

Kinji Fukasaku

Known for
Directing
Born
July 3, 1930
Died
January 12, 2003 (aged 72)
Birthplace
Mito, Ibaraki, Japan

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

Photos

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Filmography

2003
Battle Royale II: Requiem poster

Battle Royale II: Requiem

Movie · Director

2000
Battle Royale poster

Battle Royale

Movie · Director

1999
The Geisha House poster

The Geisha House

Movie · Director

1995
The Abe Clan poster

The Abe Clan

Movie · Director

1994
Crest of Betrayal poster

Crest of Betrayal

Movie · Director

1992
The Triple Cross poster

The Triple Cross

Movie · Director

1988
A Chaos of Flowers poster

A Chaos of Flowers

Movie · Director

1987
Sure Death 4 poster

Sure Death 4

Movie · Director

1986
House on Fire poster

House on Fire

Movie · Director

1984
Shanghai Rhapsody poster

Shanghai Rhapsody

Movie · Director

1983
Legend of the Eight Samurai poster

Legend of the Eight Samurai

Movie · Director

1983
Theater Of Life poster

Theater Of Life

Movie · Director

1982
Fall Guy poster

Fall Guy

Movie · Director

1982
Lovers Lost poster

Lovers Lost

Movie · Director

1981
Samurai Reincarnation poster

Samurai Reincarnation

Movie · Director

1981
Gate of Youth poster

Gate of Youth

Movie · Director

1980
Virus poster

Virus

Movie · Director

1980
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Complete Saga poster

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Complete Saga

Movie · Director

1980
Shadow Warriors poster

Shadow Warriors

TV · Director · 1 ep

1978
Shogun's Samurai: The Yagyu Clan Conspiracy poster

Shogun's Samurai: The Yagyu Clan Conspiracy

Movie · Director

1978
The Fall of Ako Castle poster

The Fall of Ako Castle

Movie · Director

1978
Message from Space poster

Message from Space

Movie · Director

1977
Doberman Cop poster

Doberman Cop

Movie · Director

1977
Hokuriku Proxy War poster

Hokuriku Proxy War

Movie · Director

1976
Yakuza Graveyard poster

Yakuza Graveyard

Movie · Director

1976
New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 3: Last Days of the Boss poster

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

Movie · Director

1976
Violent Panic: The Big Crash poster

Violent Panic: The Big Crash

Movie · Director

1975
New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 2: Head of the Boss poster

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

Movie · Director

1975
Graveyard of Honor poster

Graveyard of Honor

Movie · Director

1975
Cops vs. Thugs poster

Cops vs. Thugs

Movie · Director

1975
Gambling Den Heist poster

Gambling Den Heist

Movie · Director

1975
Unified Shadows poster

Unified Shadows

TV · Director · 28 eps

1974
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode poster

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode

Movie · Director

1974
New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 1 poster

New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 1

Movie · Director

1974
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics poster

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics

Movie · Director

1974
Wounded Angels poster

Wounded Angels

TV · Director · 2 eps

1973
Battles Without Honor and Humanity poster

Battles Without Honor and Humanity

Movie · Director

1973
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War poster

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War

Movie · Director

1973
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima poster

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima

Movie · Director

1972
Street Mobster poster

Street Mobster

Movie · Director

1972
Under the Flag of the Rising Sun poster

Under the Flag of the Rising Sun

Movie · Director

1972
Outlaw Killers: Three Mad Dog Brothers poster

Outlaw Killers: Three Mad Dog Brothers

Movie · Director

1972
Professional Killers poster

Professional Killers

TV · Director · 3 eps

1971
Sympathy for the Underdog poster

Sympathy for the Underdog

Movie · Director

1970
Tora! Tora! Tora! poster

Tora! Tora! Tora!

Movie · Director

1970
Bloodstained Clan of Honor poster

Bloodstained Clan of Honor

Movie · Director

1970
If You Were Young: Rage poster

If You Were Young: Rage

Movie · Director

1969
Japan Organized Crime Boss poster

Japan Organized Crime Boss

Movie · Director

1969
Black Rose Mansion poster

Black Rose Mansion

Movie · Director

1968
The Green Slime poster

The Green Slime

Movie · Director

1968
Black Lizard poster

Black Lizard

Movie · Director

1968
Blackmail Is My Life poster

Blackmail Is My Life

Movie · Director

1968
Gambler's Farewell poster

Gambler's Farewell

Movie · Director

1968
Key Hunter poster

Key Hunter

TV · Director · 262 eps

1967
Dissolution Rites poster

Dissolution Rites

Movie · Director

1966
The Kamikaze Guy poster

The Kamikaze Guy

Movie · Director

1966
The Threat poster

The Threat

Movie · Director

1966
Rampaging Dragon of the North poster

Rampaging Dragon of the North

Movie · Director

1964
Wolves, Pigs & Men poster

Wolves, Pigs & Men

Movie · Director

1964
Jakoman and Tetsu poster

Jakoman and Tetsu

Movie · Director

1963
League of Gangsters poster

League of Gangsters

Movie · Director

1962
The Challenge poster

The Challenge

Movie · Director

1962
Gang vs. G-Men poster

Gang vs. G-Men

Movie · Director

1961
Drifting Detective: Tragedy in the Red Valley poster

Drifting Detective: Tragedy in the Red Valley

Movie · Director

1961
Man with a Funky Hat: The 20,000,000 Yen Arm poster

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

Movie · Director

1961
Man with the Funky Hat poster

Man with the Funky Hat

Movie · Director

1961
Drifting Detective: Black Wind in Harbor poster

Drifting Detective: Black Wind in Harbor

Movie · Director

1961
Greed in Broad Daylight poster

Greed in Broad Daylight

Movie · Director

1960
Tale of Young Drifter 2 poster

Tale of Young Drifter 2

Movie · Assistant Director

1960
Outlaw Under a Blue Canopy poster

Outlaw Under a Blue Canopy

Movie · Assistant Director