
Kinji Fukasaku
Directing
Born: July 3, 1930
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).
Also Known As
- 深作 欣二
Known For

Proof of the Man
October 08, 1977

Miwa: A Japanese Icon
August 31, 2013

The Mystery of Rampo
May 27, 1995

Yakuza Eiga, une histoire du cinéma yakuza
February 12, 2009

Electric Yakuza, Go to Hell!
February 22, 2004

What's a Director?
November 04, 2006

Making of Clock Tower 3 ~How Kinji Fukasaku Changed the Game~
December 12, 2003

Shooting Film is Battleground: Making of BATTLE ROYALE
January 13, 2001

The Final Battleground — Making of Battle Royale II
July 10, 2003

Making of Battle Royale II: Requiem
July 05, 2003

Making of 'Battle Royale'
December 01, 2000