Kinji Fukasaku
Known for directing · Born 3 July 1930 · Died 12 January 2003 · aged 72 · Mito, Ibaraki, Japan
84 credits
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
Key Hunter
1968
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
Unified Shadows
1975
Acting (11)
2013Miwa: A Japanese IconSelf (archive footage)Film
2009Yakuza Eiga, une histoire du cinéma yakuzaHimselfFilm
2006What's a Director?Film
2004Electric Yakuza, Go to Hell!SelfFilm
2003Making of Clock Tower 3 ~How Kinji Fukasaku Changed the Game~HimselfFilm
2003The Final Battleground — Making of Battle Royale IISelfFilm
2003Making of Battle Royale II: RequiemSelfFilm
2001Shooting Film is Battleground: Making of BATTLE ROYALESelfFilm
2000Making of 'Battle Royale'SelfFilm
1994The Mystery of RampoFilm DirectorFilm
1977Proof of the ManShibue, Assistant LieutenantFilm
Creator (1)
2007FleshdanceCreatorSeries
Directing (69)
2003Battle Royale II: RequiemDirectorFilm
2000Battle RoyaleDirector, ProducerFilm
1999The Geisha HouseDirectorFilm
1995The Abe ClanDirectorFilm
1994Crest of BetrayalDirector, ScreenplayFilm
1992The Triple CrossDirectorFilm
1988A Chaos of FlowersDirector, ScreenplayFilm
1987Sure Death 4Director, WriterFilm
1986House on FireDirector, ScreenplayFilm
1984Shanghai RhapsodyDirector, ScreenplayFilm
1983Legend of the Eight SamuraiDirector, ScreenplayFilm
1983Theater Of LifeDirector, ScreenplayFilm
1982Fall GuyDirectorFilm
1982Lovers LostDirector, ScreenplayFilm
1981Samurai ReincarnationDirector, WriterFilm
1981Gate of YouthDirectorFilm
1980VirusDirector, ScreenplayFilm
1980Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Complete SagaDirectorFilm
1980Shadow WarriorsDirector, WriterSeries
1978Message from SpaceDirector, StoryFilm
1978The Fall of Ako CastleDirectorFilm
1977Doberman CopDirectorFilm
1977Hokuriku Proxy WarDirectorFilm
1976Yakuza GraveyardDirectorFilm
1976New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 3: Last Days of the BossDirectorFilm
1976Violent Panic: The Big CrashDirector, ScreenplayFilm
1975Graveyard of HonorDirectorFilm
1975Cops vs. ThugsDirectorFilm
1975New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 2: Head of the BossDirectorFilm
1975Gambling Den HeistDirectorFilm
1975Unified ShadowsDirectorSeries
1974Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police TacticsDirectorFilm
1974Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final EpisodeDirectorFilm
1974New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 1DirectorFilm
1974Wounded AngelsDirectorSeries
1973Battles Without Honor and HumanityDirectorFilm
1973Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in HiroshimaDirectorFilm
1973Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy WarDirectorFilm
1972Street MobsterDirector, ScreenplayFilm
1972Under the Flag of the Rising SunDirector, WriterFilm
1972Outlaw Killers: Three Mad Dog BrothersDirectorFilm
1972Professional KillersDirectorSeries
1971Sympathy for the UnderdogDirector, ScreenplayFilm
1970Tora! Tora! Tora!DirectorFilm
1970If You Were Young: RageDirector, WriterFilm
1970Bloodstained Clan of HonorDirector, WriterFilm
1969Japan Organized Crime BossDirector, ScreenplayFilm
1969Black Rose MansionDirector, WriterFilm
1968The Green SlimeDirector, StoryFilm
1968Black LizardDirector, ScreenplayFilm
1968Blackmail Is My LifeDirectorFilm
1968Gambler's FarewellDirectorFilm
1968Key HunterDirectorSeries
1967Dissolution RitesDirector, ScreenplayFilm
1966The ThreatDirector, ScreenplayFilm
1966The Kamikaze GuyDirector, ScreenplayFilm
1966Rampaging Dragon of the NorthDirectorFilm
1964Wolves, Pigs & MenDirector, ScreenplayFilm
1964Jakoman and TetsuDirectorFilm
1963League of GangstersDirector, ScreenplayFilm
1962The ChallengeDirectorFilm
1962Gang vs. G-MenDirectorFilm
1961Drifting Detective: Tragedy in the Red ValleyDirectorFilm
1961Man with a Funky Hat: The 20,000,000 Yen ArmDirectorFilm
1961Drifting Detective: Black Wind in HarborDirectorFilm
1961Greed in Broad DaylightDirectorFilm
1961Man with the Funky HatDirectorFilm
1960Outlaw Under a Blue CanopyAssistant DirectorFilm
1960Tale of Young Drifter 2Assistant DirectorFilm
Writing (3)
2008The Yagyu ConspiracyOriginal Film WriterFilm
1978Shogun's Samurai: The Yagyu Clan ConspiracyScreenplay, DirectorFilm
1965The BossScreenplay, EditorFilm