Kinji Fukasaku
Directing
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).
Notable Works
Prominent titles featuring Kinji Fukasaku
Virus
1980
Filmography
Acting (11)
2013
Miwa: A Japanese Iconas Self (archive footage)
6.3
2009
6.5
2004
Electric Yakuza, Go to Hell!as Self
8.5
2003
2000
Making of 'Battle Royale'as Self
1994
The Mystery of Rampoas Film Director
7.1
1977
Proof of the Manas Shibue, Assistant Lieutenant
7.8
Production & Directing (96)
2008
The Yagyu ConspiracyOriginal Film Writer
2003
Battle Royale II: RequiemDirector
4.9
2000
Battle RoyaleDirector
7.3
2000
Battle RoyaleProducer
7.3
1999
The Geisha HouseDirector
7.7
1995
The Abe ClanDirector
7.7
1994
Crest of BetrayalDirector
5.5
1994
Crest of BetrayalScreenplay
5.5
1992
The Triple CrossDirector
7.2
1988
A Chaos of FlowersDirector
7.5
1988
A Chaos of FlowersScreenplay
7.5
1987
Sure Death 4Director
7.0
1987
Sure Death 4Writer
7.0
1986
House on FireDirector
4.5
1986
House on FireScreenplay
4.5
1984
Shanghai RhapsodyDirector
7.0
1984
Shanghai RhapsodyScreenplay
7.0
1983
Legend of the Eight SamuraiDirector
5.8
1983
Legend of the Eight SamuraiScreenplay
5.8
1983
Theater Of LifeDirector
9.0
1983
Theater Of LifeScreenplay
9.0
1982
Fall GuyDirector
6.5
1982
Lovers LostDirector
6.5
1982
Lovers LostScreenplay
6.5
1981
Samurai ReincarnationDirector
5.9
1981
Samurai ReincarnationWriter
5.9
1981
Gate of YouthDirector
7.2
1980
VirusDirector
6.3
1980
VirusScreenplay
6.3
5.5
1978
The Fall of Ako CastleDirector
6.8
1978
Message from SpaceDirector
5.9
1978
Message from SpaceStory
5.9
1978
7.0
1978
7.0
1977
Doberman CopDirector
6.5
1977
Hokuriku Proxy WarDirector
6.9
1976
Yakuza GraveyardDirector
6.6
1976
Violent Panic: The Big CrashDirector
6.5
1976
Violent Panic: The Big CrashScreenplay
6.5
7.4
1975
Gambling Den HeistDirector
7.3
1975
Cops vs. ThugsDirector
6.1
1975
Graveyard of HonorDirector
6.7
1974
5.9
7.2
7.0
1973
7.0
1973
7.3
1972
6.8
1972
Street MobsterDirector
6.8
1972
Street MobsterScreenplay
6.8
1972
Under the Flag of the Rising SunDirector
7.6
1972
7.6
1971
Sympathy for the UnderdogDirector
7.1
1971
Sympathy for the UnderdogScreenplay
7.1
1970
If You Were Young: RageDirector
6.0
1970
If You Were Young: RageWriter
6.0
1970
Bloodstained Clan of HonorDirector
7.4
1970
7.4
1970
Tora! Tora! Tora!Director
7.2
1969
Black Rose MansionDirector
4.9
1969
Black Rose MansionWriter
4.9
1969
Japan Organized Crime BossDirector
7.4
1969
Japan Organized Crime BossScreenplay
7.4
1968
The Green SlimeDirector
5.3
1968
The Green SlimeStory
5.3
1968
Black LizardDirector
6.9
1968
Black LizardScreenplay
6.9
1968
Blackmail Is My LifeDirector
6.6
1968
Gambler's FarewellDirector
8.0
1967
Dissolution RitesDirector
7.0
1967
Dissolution RitesScreenplay
7.0
1966
Rampaging Dragon of the NorthDirector
7.0
1966
The Kamikaze GuyScreenplay
7.7
1966
The Kamikaze GuyDirector
7.7
1966
The ThreatDirector
7.3
1966
The ThreatScreenplay
7.3
1965
The BossScreenplay
7.0
1965
The BossEditor
7.0
1964
Wolves, Pigs & MenDirector
8.1
1964
Wolves, Pigs & MenScreenplay
8.1
1964
Jakoman and TetsuDirector
7.5
1963
League of GangstersDirector
8.0
1963
League of GangstersScreenplay
8.0
1962
Gang vs. G-MenDirector
7.5
1962
The ChallengeDirector
7.4
1961
Greed in Broad DaylightDirector
8.0
1961
6.5
1961
Man with the Funky HatDirector
9.0
1961
7.0
1961
7.0
1960
Tale of Young Drifter 2Assistant Director
1960
Outlaw Under a Blue CanopyAssistant Director
8.0