Personal Info
Known For: Directing
Birthday: 1930-07-03
Place of Birth: Mito, Ibaraki, Japan
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
The Final Battleground — Making of Battle Royale II
Proof of the Man
The Mystery of Rampo
Miwa: A Japanese Icon
Electric Yakuza, Go to Hell!
Making of 'Battle Royale'
Yakuza Eiga, une histoire du cinéma yakuza
Shooting Film is Battleground: Making of BATTLE ROYALE
What's a Director?
