Kinji Fukasaku
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).
68 directing credits · 11 acting credits
Directing · 68
Professional Killers
1972
Battle Royale
2000
Shadow Warriors
1980
Wounded Angels
1974
Key Hunter
1968
Tora! Tora! Tora!
1970
Unified Shadows
1975
Lovers Lost
1982
Battle Royale II: Requiem
2003
Crest of Betrayal
1994
Shogun's Samurai
1978
Virus
1980
Battles Without Honor and Humanity
1973
House on Fire
1986
Samurai Reincarnation
1981
Legend of the Eight Samurai
1983
Message from Space
1978
The Fall of Ako Castle
1978
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima
1973
The Green Slime
1968
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics
1974
Gate of Youth
1981
Fall Guy
1982
Theater Of Life
1983
Graveyard of Honor
1975
Cops vs. Thugs
1975
New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 1
1974
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War
1973
Black Rose Mansion
1969
Sure Death 4
1987
New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 2: Head of the Boss
1975
Yakuza Graveyard
1976
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode
1974
The Threat
1966
Sympathy for the Underdog
1971
A Chaos of Flowers
1988
Blackmail Is My Life
1968
Gambling Den Heist
1975
Under the Flag of the Rising Sun
1972
Black Lizard
1968
Japan Organized Crime Boss
1969
New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 3: Last Days of the Boss
1976
The Abe Clan
1995
Wolves, Pigs & Men
1964
The Geisha House
1999
Doberman Cop
1977
Shanghai Rhapsody
1984
Street Mobster
1972
Drifting Detective: Black Wind in Harbor
1961
Rampaging Dragon of the North
1966
Violent Panic: The Big Crash
1976
Man with the Funky Hat
1961
Hokuriku Proxy War
1977
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Complete Saga
1980
The Triple Cross
1992
Bloodstained Clan of Honor
1970
The Challenge
1962
League of Gangsters
1963
The Kamikaze Guy
1966
If You Were Young: Rage
1970
Dissolution Rites
1967
Greed in Broad Daylight
1961
Outlaw Killers: Three Mad Dog Brothers
1972
Drifting Detective: Tragedy in the Red Valley
1961
Gang vs. G-Men
1962
Man with a Funky Hat: The 20,000,000 Yen Arm
1961
Jakoman and Tetsu
1964
Gambler's Farewell
1968
Acting · 11
Yakuza Eiga, une histoire du cinéma yakuza
2009
Proof of the Man
1977
Miwa: A Japanese Icon
2013
The Mystery of Rampo
1994
Electric Yakuza, Go to Hell!
2004
Shooting Film is Battleground: Making of BATTLE ROYALE
2001
Making of 'Battle Royale'
2000
What's a Director?
2006
Making of Battle Royale II: Requiem
2003
The Final Battleground — Making of Battle Royale II
2003
Making of Clock Tower 3 ~How Kinji Fukasaku Changed the Game~
2003