Kinji Fukasaku
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- July 3, 1930
- Died
- January 12, 2003
- Birthplace
- 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).
Filmography
Miwa: A Japanese Icon 2013
as Self (archive footage)
Yakuza Eiga, une histoire du cinéma yakuza 2009
as Himself
The Yagyu Conspiracy 2008
Original Film Writer
What's a Director? 2006
Actor
Electric Yakuza, Go to Hell! 2004
as Self
Making of Clock Tower 3 ~How Kinji Fukasaku Changed the Game~ 2003
as Himself
The Final Battleground — Making of Battle Royale II 2003
as Self
Battle Royale II: Requiem 2003
Director
Making of Battle Royale II: Requiem 2003
as Self
Shooting Film is Battleground: Making of BATTLE ROYALE 2001
as Self
Battle Royale 2000
Director, Producer
Making of 'Battle Royale' 2000
as Self
The Geisha House 1999
Director
The Abe Clan 1995
Director
Crest of Betrayal 1994
Director, Screenplay
The Mystery of Rampo 1994
as Film Director
The Triple Cross 1992
Director
A Chaos of Flowers 1988
Director, Screenplay
Sure Death 4 1987
Director, Writer
House on Fire 1986
Director, Screenplay
Shanghai Rhapsody 1984
Director, Screenplay
Legend of the Eight Samurai 1983
Director, Screenplay
Theater Of Life 1983
Director, Screenplay
Fall Guy 1982
Director
Lovers Lost 1982
Director, Screenplay
Samurai Reincarnation 1981
Director, Writer
Gate of Youth 1981
Director
Virus 1980
Director, Screenplay
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Complete Saga 1980
Director
The Fall of Ako Castle 1978
Director
Message from Space 1978
Director, Story
Shogun's Samurai: The Yagyu Clan Conspiracy 1978
Screenplay, Director
Proof of the Man 1977
as Shibue, Assistant Lieutenant
Doberman Cop 1977
Director
Hokuriku Proxy War 1977
Director
Yakuza Graveyard 1976
Director
New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 3: Last Days of the Boss 1976
Director
Violent Panic: The Big Crash 1976
Director, Screenplay
New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 2: Head of the Boss 1975
Director
Gambling Den Heist 1975
Director
Cops vs. Thugs 1975
Director
Graveyard of Honor 1975
Director
New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 1 1974
Director
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode 1974
Director
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics 1974
Director
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War 1973
Director
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima 1973
Director
Battles Without Honor and Humanity 1973
Director
Outlaw Killers: Three Mad Dog Brothers 1972
Director
Street Mobster 1972
Director, Screenplay
Under the Flag of the Rising Sun 1972
Director, Writer
Sympathy for the Underdog 1971
Director, Screenplay
If You Were Young: Rage 1970
Director, Writer
Bloodstained Clan of Honor 1970
Director, Writer
Tora! Tora! Tora! 1970
Director
Black Rose Mansion 1969
Director, Writer
Japan Organized Crime Boss 1969
Director, Screenplay
The Green Slime 1968
Director, Story
Black Lizard 1968
Director, Screenplay
Blackmail Is My Life 1968
Director
Gambler's Farewell 1968
Director
Dissolution Rites 1967
Director, Screenplay
Rampaging Dragon of the North 1966
Director
The Kamikaze Guy 1966
Screenplay, Director
The Threat 1966
Director, Screenplay
The Boss 1965
Screenplay, Editor
Wolves, Pigs & Men 1964
Director, Screenplay
Jakoman and Tetsu 1964
Director
League of Gangsters 1963
Director, Screenplay
Gang vs. G-Men 1962
Director
The Challenge 1962
Director
Greed in Broad Daylight 1961
Director
Man with a Funky Hat: The 20,000,000 Yen Arm 1961
Director
Man with the Funky Hat 1961
Director
Drifting Detective: Black Wind in Harbor 1961
Director
Drifting Detective: Tragedy in the Red Valley 1961
Director
Tale of Young Drifter 2 1960
Assistant Director
Outlaw Under a Blue Canopy 1960
Assistant Director
Credits from TMDB.