DirectingBorn: 1930-07-03 in Mito, Ibaraki, Japan
Kinji Fukasaku
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).
Featured Movies (11)
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8.5Electric Yakuza, Go to Hell!
2004
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7.8Proof of the Man
1977
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7.1The Mystery of Rampo
1994
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6.5Yakuza Eiga, une histoire du cinéma yakuza
2009
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6.3Miwa: A Japanese Icon
2013
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What's a Director?
2006
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Making of Clock Tower 3 ~How Kinji Fukasaku Changed the Game~
2003
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Shooting Film is Battleground: Making of BATTLE ROYALE
2001
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The Final Battleground — Making of Battle Royale II
2003
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Making of Battle Royale II: Requiem
2003
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Making of 'Battle Royale'
2000