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Kinji Fukasaku
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Born1930-07-03
BirthplaceMito, Ibaraki, Japan
Credits49 titles
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Kinji Fukasaku

Actor · Director · Writer· Mito, Ibaraki, Japan

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

49 credits across 4 departments.

YearTitleRoleType
2003Battle Royale II: RequiemDirectorFilm
2000Battle RoyaleDirectorFilm
2000Battle RoyaleProducerFilm
1999The Geisha HouseDirectorFilm
1994The Mystery of RampoFilm DirectorFilm
1992The Triple CrossDirectorFilm
1988A Chaos of FlowersDirectorFilm
1986House on FireDirectorFilm
1983Legend of the Eight SamuraiDirectorFilm
1982Fall GuyDirectorFilm
1982Lovers LostDirectorFilm
1981Samurai ReincarnationDirectorFilm
1981Samurai ReincarnationWriterFilm
1980VirusDirectorFilm
1978Message from SpaceDirectorFilm
1978The Fall of Ako CastleDirectorFilm
1978Shogun's SamuraiDirectorFilm
1977Doberman CopDirectorFilm
1977Hokuriku Proxy WarDirectorFilm
1976Yakuza GraveyardDirectorFilm
1976New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 3: Last Days of the BossDirectorFilm
1975New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 2: Head of the BossDirectorFilm
1975Cops vs. ThugsDirectorFilm
1975Graveyard of HonorDirectorFilm
1974Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police TacticsDirectorFilm
1974Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final EpisodeDirectorFilm
1974New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 1DirectorFilm
1973Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in HiroshimaDirectorFilm
1973Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy WarDirectorFilm
1973Battles Without Honor and HumanityDirectorFilm
1972Street MobsterDirectorFilm
1972Under the Flag of the Rising SunDirectorFilm
1972Outlaw Killers: Three Mad Dog BrothersDirectorFilm
1972Under the Flag of the Rising SunWriterFilm
1971Sympathy for the UnderdogDirectorFilm
1970If You Were Young: RageDirectorFilm
1970Bloodstained Clan of HonorDirectorFilm
1970Tora! Tora! Tora!DirectorFilm
1970If You Were Young: RageWriterFilm
1970Bloodstained Clan of HonorWriterFilm
1969Japan Organized Crime BossDirectorFilm
1969Black Rose MansionDirectorFilm
1969Black Rose MansionWriterFilm
1968Black LizardDirectorFilm
1968Blackmail Is My LifeDirectorFilm
1968The Green SlimeDirectorFilm
1966The Kamikaze GuyDirectorFilm
1961Drifting Detective: Tragedy in the Red ValleyDirectorFilm
1961Man with a Funky Hat: The 20,000,000 Yen ArmDirectorFilm

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