Personal Info
Birthday
July 3, 1930
Place of Birth
Mito, Ibaraki, Japan
Known For
Directing
Kinji Fukasaku
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).
Directed Movies (68)
5.0
Battle Royale II: Requiem
Movie2003
7.3
Battle Royale
Movie2000
7.7
The Geisha House
Movie1999
7.7
The Abe Clan
Movie1995
5.4
Crest of Betrayal
Movie1994
7.2
The Triple Cross
Movie1992
7.3
A Chaos of Flowers
Movie1988
7.0
Sure Death 4
Movie1987
4.5
House on Fire
Movie1986
7.0
Shanghai Rhapsody
Movie1984
5.8
Legend of the Eight Samurai
Movie1983
9.0
Theater Of Life
Movie1983
6.4
Fall Guy
Movie1982
6.3
Lovers Lost
Movie1982
5.9
Samurai Reincarnation
Movie1981
7.2
Gate of Youth
Movie1981
6.3
Virus
Movie1980
5.5
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Complete Saga
Movie1980
No Backdrop
8.0
Shadow Warriors
TV Series1980
6.7
The Fall of Ako Castle
Movie1978
5.9
Message from Space
Movie1978
7.0
Shogun's Samurai
Movie1978
6.5
Doberman Cop
Movie1977
6.8
Hokuriku Proxy War
Movie1977
6.5
Yakuza Graveyard
Movie1976
7.0
New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 3: Last Days of the Boss
Movie1976
6.0
Violent Panic: The Big Crash
Movie1976
7.3
New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 2: Head of the Boss
Movie1975
7.3
Gambling Den Heist
Movie1975
6.1
Cops vs. Thugs
Movie1975
0.0
Unified Shadows
TV Series1975
6.7
Graveyard of Honor
Movie1975
5.7
New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 1
Movie1974
10.0
Wounded Angels
TV Series1974
7.2
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode
Movie1974
7.0
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics
Movie1974
7.0
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War
Movie1973
7.3
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima
Movie1973
7.3
Battles Without Honor and Humanity
Movie1973
6.8
Outlaw Killers: Three Mad Dog Brothers
Movie1972
8.0
Professional Killers
TV Series1972
6.8
Street Mobster
Movie1972
7.6
Under the Flag of the Rising Sun
Movie1972
7.1
Sympathy for the Underdog
Movie1971
6.0
If You Were Young: Rage
Movie1970
7.4
Bloodstained Clan of Honor
Movie1970
7.2
Tora! Tora! Tora!
Movie1970
4.9
Black Rose Mansion
Movie1969
7.5
Japan Organized Crime Boss
Movie1969
5.3
The Green Slime
Movie1968
7.0
Black Lizard
Movie1968
No Backdrop
7.0
Key Hunter
TV Series1968
6.6
Blackmail Is My Life
Movie1968
8.0
Gambler's Farewell
Movie1968
7.0
Dissolution Rites
Movie1967
7.0
Rampaging Dragon of the North
Movie1966
7.7
The Kamikaze Guy
Movie1966
7.4
The Threat
Movie1966
8.1
Wolves, Pigs & Men
Movie1964
7.3
Jakoman and Tetsu
Movie1964
8.0
League of Gangsters
Movie1963
7.5
Gang vs. G-Men
Movie1962
7.4
The Challenge
Movie1962
8.0
Greed in Broad Daylight
Movie1961
6.5
Man with a Funky Hat: The 20,000,000 Yen Arm
Movie1961
9.0
Man with the Funky Hat
Movie1961
7.0
Drifting Detective: Black Wind in Harbor
Movie1961
7.0
Drifting Detective: Tragedy in the Red Valley
Movie1961
Acting Filmography (11)
6.3
Miwa: A Japanese Icon
Movie2013
No Backdrop
7.0
Yakuza Eiga, une histoire du cinéma yakuza
Movie2009
No Backdrop
0.0
What's a Director?
Movie2006
No Backdrop
8.5
Electric Yakuza, Go to Hell!
Movie2004
No Backdrop
0.0
Making of Clock Tower 3 ~How Kinji Fukasaku Changed the Game~
Movie2003
No Backdrop
0.0
The Final Battleground — Making of Battle Royale II
Movie2003
No Backdrop
0.0
Making of Battle Royale II: Requiem
Movie2003
No Backdrop
0.0
Shooting Film is Battleground: Making of BATTLE ROYALE
Movie2001
No Backdrop
0.0
Making of 'Battle Royale'
Movie2000
7.2
The Mystery of Rampo
Movie1994
7.8
Proof of the Man
Movie1977