Kinji Fukasaku
Directing
Born 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, 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).
Directed (63)
Battle Royale II: Requiem
2003
Battle Royale
2000
The Geisha House
1999
The Abe Clan
1995
Crest of Betrayal
1994
The Triple Cross
1992
A Chaos of Flowers
1988
Sure Death 4
1987
House on Fire
1986
Shanghai Rhapsody
1984
Legend of the Eight Samurai
1983
Theater Of Life
1983
Fall Guy
1982
Lovers Lost
1982
Samurai Reincarnation
1981
Gate of Youth
1981
Virus
1980
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Complete Saga
1980
The Fall of Ako Castle
1978
Message from Space
1978
Shogun's Samurai
1978
Doberman Cop
1977
Hokuriku Proxy War
1977
Yakuza Graveyard
1976
New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 3: Last Days of the Boss
1976
Violent Panic: The Big Crash
1976
New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 2: Head of the Boss
1975
Gambling Den Heist
1975
Cops vs. Thugs
1975
Graveyard of Honor
1975
New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 1
1974
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode
1974
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics
1974
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War
1973
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima
1973
Battles Without Honor and Humanity
1973
Outlaw Killers: Three Mad Dog Brothers
1972
Street Mobster
1972
Under the Flag of the Rising Sun
1972
Sympathy for the Underdog
1971
If You Were Young: Rage
1970
Bloodstained Clan of Honor
1970
Tora! Tora! Tora!
1970
Black Rose Mansion
1969
Japan Organized Crime Boss
1969
The Green Slime
1968
Black Lizard
1968
Blackmail Is My Life
1968
Gambler's Farewell
1968
Dissolution Rites
1967
Rampaging Dragon of the North
1966
The Kamikaze Guy
1966
The Threat
1966
Wolves, Pigs & Men
1964
Jakoman and Tetsu
1964
League of Gangsters
1963
Gang vs. G-Men
1962
The Challenge
1962
Greed in Broad Daylight
1961
Man with a Funky Hat: The 20,000,000 Yen Arm
1961
Man with the Funky Hat
1961
Drifting Detective: Black Wind in Harbor
1961
Drifting Detective: Tragedy in the Red Valley
1961
Acting (11)
Miwa: A Japanese Icon
2013
Yakuza Eiga, une histoire du cinéma yakuza
2009
What's a Director?
2006
Electric Yakuza, Go to Hell!
2004
Making of Clock Tower 3 ~How Kinji Fukasaku Changed the Game~
2003
The Final Battleground — Making of Battle Royale II
2003
Making of Battle Royale II: Requiem
2003
Shooting Film is Battleground: Making of BATTLE ROYALE
2001
Making of 'Battle Royale'
2000
The Mystery of Rampo
1994
Proof of the Man
1977