Kinji Fukasaku

Kinji Fukasaku

Directing3rd July 1930(died at 72)Mito, Ibaraki, Japan84 titles

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).

Born

3rd July 1930 · Mito, Ibaraki, Japan

Died

12th January 2003

Known for

Directing

Also known as

深作欣二

Links

Known for

Battle Royale

Movie Drama Thriller

–16th December 2000

Tora! Tora! Tora!

Movie War History

–26th January 1970

Battle Royale II: Requiem

Movie Action Thriller

–5th July 2003

Battles Without Honor and Humanity

Movie Crime Action

–13th January 1973

The Green Slime

Movie Science Fiction Horror

–19th December 1968

Virus

Movie Horror Science Fiction

–26th June 1980

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima

Movie Drama Crime

–28th April 1973

Message from Space

Movie Action Adventure

–29th April 1978

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War

Movie Action Drama

–25th September 1973

Graveyard of Honor

Movie Crime Action

–15th February 1975

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics

Movie Crime Drama

–15th January 1974

Shogun's Samurai: The Yagyu Clan Conspiracy

Movie Action Drama

–21st January 1978

Street Mobster

Movie Crime Action

–6th May 1972

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode

Movie Action Drama

–29th June 1974

Samurai Reincarnation

Movie Action Fantasy

–6th June 1981

Sympathy for the Underdog

Movie Drama Action

–12th January 1971

Filmography

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