- Known For
- Directing
- Born
- July 3, 1930
- Place of Birth
- Mito, Ibaraki, Japan
- Died
- January 12, 2003
Kinji Fukasaku
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).
Filmography
movieMiwa: A Japanese Icon
2013 · Himself (archive footage)
movieYakuza Eiga, une histoire du cinéma yakuza
2009 · Himself
movieThe Yagyu Conspiracy
2008 · Original Film Writer
movieWhat's a Director?
2006
movieElectric Yakuza, Go to Hell!
2004 · Self
movieMaking of Clock Tower 3 ~How Kinji Fukasaku Changed the Game~
2003 · Himself
movieThe Final Battleground — Making of Battle Royale II
2003 · Self
movieMaking of Battle Royale II: Requiem
2003 · Self
movieBattle Royale II: Requiem
2003 · Director
movieShooting Film is Battleground: Making of BATTLE ROYALE
2001 · Self
movieBattle Royale
2000 · Director, Producer
movieMaking of 'Battle Royale'
2000 · Self
movieThe Geisha House
1999 · Director
movieThe Abe Clan
1995 · Director
movieCrest of Betrayal
1994 · Director, Screenplay
movieThe Mystery of Rampo
1994 · Film Director
movieThe Triple Cross
1992 · Director
movieA Chaos of Flowers
1988 · Director, Screenplay
movieSure Death 4
1987 · Writer, Director
movieHouse on Fire
1986 · Director, Screenplay
movieShanghai Rhapsody
1984 · Director, Screenplay
movieLegend of the Eight Samurai
1983 · Director, Screenplay
movieTheater Of Life
1983 · Screenplay, Director
movieFall Guy
1982 · Director
movieLovers Lost
1982 · Director, Screenplay
movieSamurai Reincarnation
1981 · Writer, Director
movieGate of Youth
1981 · Director
movieVirus
1980 · Director, Screenplay
movieBattles Without Honor and Humanity: The Complete Saga
1980 · Director
tvShadow Warriors
1980 · Director, Writer
movieThe Fall of Ako Castle
1978 · Director
movieMessage from Space
1978 · Director, Story
movieShogun's Samurai
1978 · Screenplay, Director
movieProof of the Man
1977 · Shibue, Assistant Lieutenant
movieDoberman Cop
1977 · Director
movieHokuriku Proxy War
1977 · Director
movieYakuza Graveyard
1976 · Director
movieNew Battles Without Honor and Humanity 3: Last Days of the Boss
1976 · Director
movieViolent Panic: The Big Crash
1976 · Director, Screenplay
movieNew Battles Without Honor and Humanity 2: Head of the Boss
1975 · Director
movieGambling Den Heist
1975 · Director
movieCops vs. Thugs
1975 · Director
tvUnified Shadows
1975 · Director
movieGraveyard of Honor
1975 · Director
movieNew Battles Without Honor and Humanity 1
1974 · Director
tvWounded Angels
1974 · Director
movieBattles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode
1974 · Director
movieBattles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics
1974 · Director
movieBattles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War
1973 · Director
movieBattles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima
1973 · Director
movieBattles Without Honor and Humanity
1973 · Director
movieOutlaw Killers: Three Mad Dog Brothers
1972 · Director
tvProfessional Killers
1972 · Director
movieStreet Mobster
1972 · Director, Screenplay
movieUnder the Flag of the Rising Sun
1972 · Director, Writer
movieSympathy for the Underdog
1971 · Director, Screenplay
movieIf You Were Young: Rage
1970 · Writer, Director
movieBloodstained Clan of Honor
1970 · Director, Writer
movieTora! Tora! Tora!
1970 · Director
movieBlack Rose Mansion
1969 · Writer, Director
movieJapan Organized Crime Boss
1969 · Director, Screenplay
movieThe Green Slime
1968 · Story, Director
movieBlack Lizard
1968 · Director, Screenplay
tvKey Hunter
1968 · Director
movieBlackmail Is My Life
1968 · Director
movieGambler's Farewell
1968 · Director
movieDissolution Rites
1967 · Screenplay, Director
movieRampaging Dragon of the North
1966 · Director
movieThe Kamikaze Guy
1966 · Director, Screenplay
movieThe Threat
1966 · Director, Screenplay
movieThe Boss
1965 · Screenplay, Editor
movieWolves, Pigs & Men
1964 · Director, Screenplay
movieJakoman and Tetsu
1964 · Director
movieLeague of Gangsters
1963 · Director, Screenplay
movieGang vs. G-Men
1962 · Director
movieThe Challenge
1962 · Director
movieGreed in Broad Daylight
1961 · Director
movieMan with a Funky Hat: The 20,000,000 Yen Arm
1961 · Director
movieMan with the Funky Hat
1961 · Director
movieDrifting Detective: Black Wind in Harbor
1961 · Director
movieDrifting Detective: Tragedy in the Red Valley
1961 · Director
movieTale of Young Drifter 2
1960 · Assistant Director
movieOutlaw Under a Blue Canopy
1960 · Assistant Director