Kinji Fukasaku

Kinji Fukasaku

Directing Born 1930-07-03 Mito, Ibaraki, Japan Died 2003-01-12

Biography

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

Professional Killers
Professional Killers
1972 ★ 8.0
Key Hunter
Key Hunter
1968 ★ 7.0
Battle Royale
Battle Royale
2000 ★ 7.3
Shadow Warriors
Shadow Warriors
1980 ★ 8.0
Tora! Tora! Tora!
Tora! Tora! Tora!
1970 ★ 7.2
Wounded Angels
Wounded Angels
1974 ★ 10.0
Virus
Virus
1980 ★ 6.3
Fall Guy
Fall Guy
1982 ★ 6.5
Battle Royale II: Requiem
Battle Royale II: Requiem
2003 ★ 5.0
Unified Shadows
Unified Shadows
1975
Samurai Reincarnation
Samurai Reincarnation
1981 ★ 5.9
Crest of Betrayal
Crest of Betrayal
1994 ★ 5.5
Legend of the Eight Samurai
Legend of the Eight Samurai
1983 ★ 5.8
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima
1973 ★ 7.3
Shogun's Samurai: The Yagyu Clan Conspiracy
Shogun's Samurai: The Yagyu Clan Conspiracy
1978 ★ 7.0
Battles Without Honor and Humanity
Battles Without Honor and Humanity
1973 ★ 7.3
The Green Slime
The Green Slime
1968 ★ 5.3
Message from Space
Message from Space
1978 ★ 5.9