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).
Also Known As
Movie Appearances
What's a Director?
2006
Making of Clock Tower 3 ~How Kinji Fukasaku Changed the Game~
as Himself
2003
The Final Battleground — Making of Battle Royale II
as Self
2003
Shooting Film is Battleground: Making of BATTLE ROYALE
as Self
2001
Making of Battle Royale II: Requiem
as Self
2003
Proof of the Man
as Shibue, Assistant Lieutenant
1977
The Mystery of Rampo
as Film Director
1994
Miwa: A Japanese Icon
as Himself (archive footage)
2013
Yakuza Eiga, une histoire du cinéma yakuza
as Himself
2009
Electric Yakuza, Go to Hell!
as Self
2004
Making of 'Battle Royale'
as Self
2000