Kinji Fukasaku

Personal Info

Birthday

July 3, 1930

Day of Death

2003-01-12

(72 years old)

Place of Birth

Mito, Ibaraki, Japan

Also Known As

深作欣二

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).

Known For

Proof of the Man

The Mystery of Rampo

Filmography

2013
Miwa: A Japanese Icon
as Himself (archive footage)
2009
Yakuza Eiga, une histoire du cinéma yakuza
as Himself
2004
Electric Yakuza, Go to Hell!
as Self
2003
Making of Clock Tower 3 ~How Kinji Fukasaku Changed the Game~
as Himself
The Final Battleground — Making of Battle Royale II
as Self
Making of Battle Royale II: Requiem
as Self
2001
Shooting Film is Battleground: Making of BATTLE ROYALE
as Self
2000
Making of 'Battle Royale'
as Self
1995
The Mystery of Rampo
as Film Director
1977
Proof of the Man
as Shibue, Assistant Lieutenant