Kinji Fukasaku
深作 欣二
About the person
Career:
Directing
Date of birth:1930-07-03
Place of birth:Mito, Ibaraki, Japan
Gender:Male
Popularity:1
Date of death2003-01-12
72Biography
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).
Filmography
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- Miwa: A Japanese IconHimself (archive footage)2013-08-316.36
- Yakuza Eiga, une histoire du cinéma yakuzaHimself2009-02-127.01
- What's a Director?2006-11-040.00
- Electric Yakuza, Go to Hell!Self2004-02-228.52
- Making of Clock Tower 3 ~How Kinji Fukasaku Changed the Game~Himself2003-12-120.00
- The Final Battleground — Making of Battle Royale IISelf2003-07-100.00
- Making of Battle Royale II: RequiemSelf2003-07-050.00
- Shooting Film is Battleground: Making of BATTLE ROYALESelf2001-01-130.00
- Making of 'Battle Royale'Self2000-12-010.00
- The Mystery of RampoFilm Director1994-06-257.26
- Proof of the ManShibue, Assistant Lieutenant1977-10-087.817