Directing

Kinji Fukasaku

FR, JA, EN cinema · 78 credits

Born

3 July 1930

Died

12 January 2003 (aged 72)

Birthplace

Mito, Ibaraki, Japan

Also known as 深作欣二

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).

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Known for

Theater Of Life

JA · 19839.0

Man with the Funky Hat

JA · 19619.0

Electric Yakuza, Go to Hell!

JA · 20048.5

Wolves, Pigs & Men

JA · 19648.1

League of Gangsters

JA · 19638.0

Greed in Broad Daylight

JA · 19618.0

Outlaw Under a Blue Canopy

JA · 19608.0

The Abe Clan

JA · 19957.8

Filmography

Miwa: A Japanese Icon

FR · 20136.3

as Self (archive footage)

Yakuza Eiga, une histoire du cinéma yakuza

FR · 20096.5

as Himself

The Yagyu Conspiracy

JA · 2008Not rated

Original Film Writer

What's a Director?

JA · 2006Not rated

Actor

Electric Yakuza, Go to Hell!

JA · 20048.5

as Self

Making of Clock Tower 3 ~How Kinji Fukasaku Changed the Game~

JA · 2003Not rated

as Himself

The Final Battleground — Making of Battle Royale II

JA · 2003Not rated

as Self

Making of Battle Royale II: Requiem

JA · 2003Not rated

as Self

Battle Royale II: Requiem

JA · 20035.0

Director

Shooting Film is Battleground: Making of BATTLE ROYALE

JA · 2001Not rated

as Self

Making of 'Battle Royale'

JA · 2000Not rated

as Self

Battle Royale

JA · 20007.3

Director, Producer

The Geisha House

JA · 19997.7

Director

The Abe Clan

JA · 19957.8

Director

The Mystery of Rampo

JA · 19947.1

as Film Director

Crest of Betrayal

JA · 19945.5

Director, Screenplay

The Triple Cross

JA · 19927.2

Director

A Chaos of Flowers

JA · 19887.5

Director, Screenplay

Sure Death 4

JA · 19877.0

Director, Writer

House on Fire

JA · 19864.5

Director, Screenplay

Shanghai Rhapsody

JA · 19847.0

Director, Screenplay

Legend of the Eight Samurai

JA · 19835.9

Director, Screenplay

Theater Of Life

JA · 19839.0

Director, Screenplay

Fall Guy

JA · 19826.5

Director

Lovers Lost

JA · 19826.5

Director, Screenplay

Samurai Reincarnation

JA · 19815.8

Director, Writer

Gate of Youth

JA · 19817.2

Director

Virus

JA · 19806.3

Director, Screenplay

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Complete Saga

JA · 19805.5

Director

Shogun's Samurai: The Yagyu Clan Conspiracy

JA · 19787.0

Screenplay, Director

The Fall of Ako Castle

JA · 19786.8

Director

Message from Space

JA · 19785.9

Director, Story

Proof of the Man

JA · 19777.8

as Shibue, Assistant Lieutenant

Doberman Cop

JA · 19776.6

Director

Hokuriku Proxy War

JA · 19776.9

Director

Yakuza Graveyard

JA · 19766.6

Director

New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 3: Last Days of the Boss

JA · 19767.1

Director

Violent Panic: The Big Crash

JA · 19766.5

Director, Screenplay

New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 2: Head of the Boss

JA · 19757.4

Director

Graveyard of Honor

JA · 19756.7

Director

Cops vs. Thugs

JA · 19756.1

Director

Gambling Den Heist

JA · 19757.2

Director

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode

JA · 19747.2

Director

New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 1

JA · 19745.9

Director

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics

JA · 19747.0

Director

Battles Without Honor and Humanity

JA · 19737.3

Director

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War

JA · 19737.0

Director

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima

JA · 19737.3

Director

Street Mobster

JA · 19726.8

Director, Screenplay

Under the Flag of the Rising Sun

JA · 19727.6

Director, Writer

Outlaw Killers: Three Mad Dog Brothers

JA · 19726.8

Director

Sympathy for the Underdog

JA · 19717.1

Director, Screenplay

Tora! Tora! Tora!

EN · 19707.2

Director

Bloodstained Clan of Honor

JA · 19707.4

Director, Writer

If You Were Young: Rage

JA · 19706.0

Director, Writer

Japan Organized Crime Boss

JA · 19697.4

Director, Screenplay

Black Rose Mansion

JA · 19694.9

Director, Writer

The Green Slime

EN · 19685.3

Director, Story

Black Lizard

JA · 19686.9

Director, Screenplay

Blackmail Is My Life

JA · 19686.6

Director

Gambler's Farewell

JA · 19687.7

Director

Dissolution Rites

JA · 19677.0

Director, Screenplay

The Kamikaze Guy

JA · 19667.7

Screenplay, Director

The Threat

JA · 19667.3

Director, Screenplay

Rampaging Dragon of the North

JA · 19667.0

Director

The Boss

JA · 19657.0

Screenplay, Editor

Wolves, Pigs & Men

JA · 19648.1

Director, Screenplay

Jakoman and Tetsu

JA · 19647.5

Director

League of Gangsters

JA · 19638.0

Director, Screenplay

The Challenge

JA · 19627.4

Director

Gang vs. G-Men

JA · 19627.5

Director

Drifting Detective: Tragedy in the Red Valley

JA · 19617.0

Director

Man with a Funky Hat: The 20,000,000 Yen Arm

JA · 19616.5

Director

Man with the Funky Hat

JA · 19619.0

Director

Drifting Detective: Black Wind in Harbor

JA · 19617.0

Director

Greed in Broad Daylight

JA · 19618.0

Director

Tale of Young Drifter 2

JA · 1960Not rated

Assistant Director

Outlaw Under a Blue Canopy

JA · 19608.0

Assistant Director