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Kinji Fukasaku
Born 1930-07-03Mito, 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, 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).
Screen work
Movies & roles
Miwa: A Japanese IconHimself (archive footage)Yakuza Eiga, une histoire du cinéma yakuzaHimselfWhat's a Director?RoleElectric Yakuza, Go to Hell!SelfMaking of Clock Tower 3 ~How Kinji Fukasaku Changed the Game~HimselfThe Final Battleground — Making of Battle Royale IISelfMaking of Battle Royale II: RequiemSelfShooting Film is Battleground: Making of BATTLE ROYALESelfMaking of 'Battle Royale'SelfThe Mystery of RampoFilm DirectorProof of the ManShibue, Assistant Lieutenant