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

Proof of the Man

Shibue, Assistant Lieutenant

The Mystery of Rampo

Film Director

Shooting Film is Battleground: Making of BATTLE ROYALE

Self

Yakuza Eiga, une histoire du cinéma yakuza

Himself

The Final Battleground — Making of Battle Royale II

Self

Miwa: A Japanese Icon

Self (archive footage)

Electric Yakuza, Go to Hell!

Self

What's a Director?