Director
Kinji Fukasaku
July 3, 1930 · 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).
Notable work
Often works with
Hideo Murota
8 titles together
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima, Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War, Graveyard of Honor
Asao Uchida
7 titles together
Battles Without Honor and Humanity, Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War, Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics
Bunta Sugawara
6 titles together
Battles Without Honor and Humanity, Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima, Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War
Nobuo Kaneko
6 titles together
Battles Without Honor and Humanity, Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima, Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War
Harumi Sone
6 titles together
Battles Without Honor and Humanity, Message from Space, Graveyard of Honor
Sonny Chiba
6 titles together
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima, Virus, Message from Space
Full filmography · 69
What's a Director?
cast
2006
Battle Royale II: Requiem
Director
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Battle Royale
Director
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The Geisha House
Director
1999
The Abe Clan
Director
1995
Crest of Betrayal
Director
1994
The Mystery of Rampo
as Film Director
1994
The Triple Cross
Director
1992
Sure Death 4
Writer and Director
1987
House on Fire
Director
1986
Shanghai Rhapsody
Director
1984
Legend of the Eight Samurai
Director
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