Kinji Fukasaku

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Kinji Fukasaku

Directing July 3, 1930

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, Ja…

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Battle Royale

Battle Royale

7.3 2000 Movie
Tora! Tora! Tora!

Tora! Tora! Tora!

7.2 1970 Movie
Battle Royale II: Requiem

Battle Royale II: Requiem

5.0 2003 Movie
Battles Without Honor and Humanity

Battles Without Honor and Humanity

7.3 1973 Movie
The Green Slime

The Green Slime

5.3 1968 Movie
Virus

Virus

6.3 1980 Movie
Professional Killers

Professional Killers

8.0 1972 TV Show
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima

7.3 1973 Movie
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War

7.0 1973 Movie
Message from Space

Message from Space

5.9 1978 Movie
Graveyard of Honor

Graveyard of Honor

6.7 1975 Movie
Shogun's Samurai: The Yagyu Clan Conspiracy

Shogun's Samurai: The Yagyu Clan Conspiracy

7.0 1978 Movie

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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

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2013
    Miwa: A Japanese Icon

    Movie Himself (archive footage)

  2. 2009
    Yakuza Eiga, une histoire du cinéma yakuza

    Movie Himself

  3. 2008
    The Yagyu Conspiracy

    Movie Original Film Writer

  4. 2007
    Fleshdance

    TV show Creator

  5. 2006
    What's a Director?

    Movie

  6. 2004
    Electric Yakuza, Go to Hell!

    Movie Self

  7. 2003
    Making of Clock Tower 3 ~How Kinji Fukasaku Changed the Game~

    Movie Himself

  8. 2003
    The Final Battleground — Making of Battle Royale II

    Movie Self

  9. 2003
    Battle Royale II: Requiem

    Movie Director

  10. 2003
    Making of Battle Royale II: Requiem

    Movie Self

  11. 2001
    Shooting Film is Battleground: Making of BATTLE ROYALE

    Movie Self

  12. 2000
    Battle Royale

    Movie Director

  13. 2000
    Making of 'Battle Royale'

    Movie Self

  14. 1999
    The Geisha House

    Movie Director

  15. 1995
    The Abe Clan

    Movie Director

  16. 1994
    Crest of Betrayal

    Movie Director

More credits
  1. 1994
    The Mystery of Rampo

    Movie Film Director

  2. 1992
    The Triple Cross

    Movie Director

  3. 1988
    A Chaos of Flowers

    Movie Director

  4. 1987
    Sure Death 4

    Movie Writer

  5. 1986
    House on Fire

    Movie Director

  6. 1984
    Shanghai Rhapsody

    Movie Director

  7. 1983
    Legend of the Eight Samurai

    Movie Director

  8. 1983
    Theater Of Life

    Movie Screenplay

  9. 1982
    Fall Guy

    Movie Director

  10. 1982
    Lovers Lost

    Movie Director

  11. 1981
    Samurai Reincarnation

    Movie Writer

  12. 1981
    Gate of Youth

    Movie Director

  13. 1980
    Virus

    Movie Director

  14. 1980
    Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Complete Saga

    Movie Director

  15. 1980
    Shadow Warriors

    TV show Director

  16. 1978
    The Fall of Ako Castle

    Movie Director

  17. 1978
    Message from Space

    Movie Director

  18. 1978
    Shogun's Samurai: The Yagyu Clan Conspiracy

    Movie Screenplay

  19. 1977
    Proof of the Man

    Movie Shibue, Assistant Lieutenant

  20. 1977
    Doberman Cop

    Movie Director

  21. 1977
    Hokuriku Proxy War

    Movie Director

  22. 1976
    Yakuza Graveyard

    Movie Director

  23. 1976
    New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 3: Last Days of the Boss

    Movie Director

  24. 1976
    Violent Panic: The Big Crash

    Movie Director