Kinji Fukasaku
Known for
Directing
Born
July 3, 1930
Birthplace
Mito, Ibaraki, Japan
Died
January 12, 2003 (aged 72)
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).
Best known work
Battle Royale
2000
Tora! Tora! Tora!
1970
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
1975Filmography
2013
Miwa: A Japanese Iconas Self (archive footage)
2009
2008
The Yagyu ConspiracyOriginal Film Writer
2006
2004
Electric Yakuza, Go to Hell!as Self
2003
2003
2003
2003
Battle Royale II: RequiemDirector
2001
2000
Battle RoyaleDirector, Producer
2000
Making of 'Battle Royale'as Self
1999
The Geisha HouseDirector
1995
The Abe ClanDirector
1994
Crest of BetrayalDirector, Screenplay
1994
The Mystery of Rampoas Film Director
1992
The Triple CrossDirector
1988
A Chaos of FlowersDirector, Screenplay
1987
Sure Death 4Director, Writer
1986
House on FireDirector, Screenplay
1984
Shanghai RhapsodyDirector, Screenplay
1983
Legend of the Eight SamuraiDirector, Screenplay
1983
Theater Of LifeDirector, Screenplay
1982
Fall GuyDirector
1982
Lovers LostDirector, Screenplay