Kinji Fukasaku
Director · Actor · WriterKinji 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).
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KNOWN FOR
FILMOGRAPHY
ACTOR11
Miwa: A Japanese Icon
2013
Himself (archive footage)
Yakuza Eiga, une histoire du cinéma yakuza
2009
Himself
What's a Director?
2006
Electric Yakuza, Go to Hell!
2004
Self
Making of Clock Tower 3 ~How Kinji Fukasaku Changed the Game~
2003
Himself
The Final Battleground — Making of Battle Royale II
2003
Self
Making of Battle Royale II: Requiem
2003
Self
Shooting Film is Battleground: Making of BATTLE ROYALE
2001
Self
Making of 'Battle Royale'
2000
Self
The Mystery of Rampo
1994
Film Director
Proof of the Man
1977
Shibue, Assistant Lieutenant
DIRECTOR65
Battle Royale II: Requiem
2003
Director
Battle Royale
2000
Director
The Geisha House
1999
Director
The Abe Clan
1995
Director
Crest of Betrayal
1994
Director
The Triple Cross
1992
Director
A Chaos of Flowers
1988
Director
Sure Death 4
1987
Director
House on Fire
1986
Director
Shanghai Rhapsody
1984
Director
Legend of the Eight Samurai
1983
Director
Theater Of Life
1983
Director
Fall Guy
1982
Director
Lovers Lost
1982
Director
Samurai Reincarnation
1981
Director
Gate of Youth
1981
Director
Virus
1980
Director
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Complete Saga
1980
Director
Shogun's Samurai
1978
Director
The Fall of Ako Castle
1978
Director
Message from Space
1978
Director
Doberman Cop
1977
Director
Hokuriku Proxy War
1977
Director
Yakuza Graveyard
1976
Director
New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 3: Last Days of the Boss
1976
Director
Violent Panic: The Big Crash
1976
Director
New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 2: Head of the Boss
1975
Director
Graveyard of Honor
1975
Director
Cops vs. Thugs
1975
Director
Gambling Den Heist
1975
Director
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode
1974
Director
New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 1
1974
Director
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics
1974
Director
Battles Without Honor and Humanity
1973
Director
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War
1973
Director
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima
1973
Director
Street Mobster
1972
Director
Under the Flag of the Rising Sun
1972
Director
Outlaw Killers: Three Mad Dog Brothers
1972
Director
Sympathy for the Underdog
1971
Director
Tora! Tora! Tora!
1970
Director
Bloodstained Clan of Honor
1970
Director
If You Were Young: Rage
1970
Director
Japan Organized Crime Boss
1969
Director
Black Rose Mansion
1969
Director
The Green Slime
1968
Director
Black Lizard
1968
Director
Blackmail Is My Life
1968
Director
Gambler's Farewell
1968
Director
Dissolution Rites
1967
Director
The Kamikaze Guy
1966
Director
The Threat
1966
Director
Rampaging Dragon of the North
1966
Director
Wolves, Pigs & Men
1964
Director
Jakoman and Tetsu
1964
Director
League of Gangsters
1963
Director
The Challenge
1962
Director
Gang vs. G-Men
1962
Director
Drifting Detective: Tragedy in the Red Valley
1961
Director
Man with a Funky Hat: The 20,000,000 Yen Arm
1961
Director
Man with the Funky Hat
1961
Director
Drifting Detective: Black Wind in Harbor
1961
Director
Greed in Broad Daylight
1961
Director
Tale of Young Drifter 2
1960
Assistant Director
Outlaw Under a Blue Canopy
1960
Assistant Director
WRITER29
The Yagyu Conspiracy
2008
Original Film Writer
Crest of Betrayal
1994
Screenplay
A Chaos of Flowers
1988
Screenplay
Sure Death 4
1987
Writer
House on Fire
1986
Screenplay
Shanghai Rhapsody
1984
Screenplay
Theater Of Life
1983
Screenplay
Legend of the Eight Samurai
1983
Screenplay
Lovers Lost
1982
Screenplay
Samurai Reincarnation
1981
Writer
Virus
1980
Screenplay
Shogun's Samurai
1978
Screenplay
Message from Space
1978
Story
Violent Panic: The Big Crash
1976
Screenplay
Under the Flag of the Rising Sun
1972
Writer
Street Mobster
1972
Screenplay
Sympathy for the Underdog
1971
Screenplay
Bloodstained Clan of Honor
1970
Writer
If You Were Young: Rage
1970
Writer
Black Rose Mansion
1969
Writer
Japan Organized Crime Boss
1969
Screenplay
The Green Slime
1968
Story
Black Lizard
1968
Screenplay
Dissolution Rites
1967
Screenplay
The Kamikaze Guy
1966
Screenplay
The Threat
1966
Screenplay
The Boss
1965
Screenplay
Wolves, Pigs & Men
1964
Screenplay
League of Gangsters
1963
Screenplay
