Kinji Fukasaku
Known For: Directing
Birthday: 1930-07-03
Place of Birth: Mito, Ibaraki, Japan
Popularity: 1.2
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).
Known For Filmography
Proof of the Man
1977
Miwa: A Japanese Icon
2013
Yakuza Eiga, une histoire du cinéma yakuza
2009
Electric Yakuza, Go to Hell!
2004
The Mystery of Rampo
1994
Shooting Film is Battleground: Making of BATTLE ROYALE
2001
What's a Director?
2006
Making of Battle Royale II: Requiem
2003
The Final Battleground — Making of Battle Royale II
2003
Making of 'Battle Royale'
2000