Known For
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
July 3, 1930
Died
January 12, 2003
Age
72
Place of Birth
Mito, Ibaraki, Japan
Popularity
1.6
Kinji Fukasaku
Directing
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).
Also known as
深作 欣二
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Known For
7.3
Battle Royale
2000 · Movie
7.0
Key Hunter
1968 · TV
7.2
Tora! Tora! Tora!
1970 · Movie
8.0
Shadow Warriors
1980 · TV
8.0
Professional Killers
1972 · TV
5.0
Battle Royale II: Requiem
2003 · Movie
5.9
Samurai Reincarnation
1981 · Movie
10.0
Wounded Angels
1974 · TV
7.8
Proof of the Man
1977 · Movie
6.3
Virus
1980 · Movie
5.3
The Green Slime
1968 · Movie
5.5
Crest of Betrayal
1994 · Movie
Filmography
2013
Miwa: A Japanese Icon
Movie · Himself (archive footage)
6.3
2009
Yakuza Eiga, une histoire du cinéma yakuza
Movie · Himself
6.5
2006
What's a Director?
Movie
0.0
2004
Electric Yakuza, Go to Hell!
Movie · Self
8.5
2003
Making of Clock Tower 3 ~How Kinji Fukasaku Changed the Game~
Movie · Himself
0.0
2003
The Final Battleground — Making of Battle Royale II
Movie · Self
0.0
2003
Making of Battle Royale II: Requiem
Movie · Self
0.0
2001
Shooting Film is Battleground: Making of BATTLE ROYALE
Movie · Self
0.0
2000
Making of 'Battle Royale'
Movie · Self
0.0
1994
The Mystery of Rampo
Movie · Film Director
7.1
1977
Proof of the Man
Movie · Shibue, Assistant Lieutenant
7.8