Kinji Fukasaku (3 July 1930 – 12 January 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
Battle Royale
(2000)
Director
Battle Royale II: Requiem
(2003)
Director
Tora! Tora! Tora!
(1970)
Director
Legend of the Eight Samurai
(1983)
Director
Virus
(1980)
Director
Battles Without Honor and Humanity
(1973)
Director
Samurai Reincarnation
(1981)
Director
Full Filmography
Directing
Tale of Young Drifter 2
(1960)
Assistant Director
Outlaw Under a Blue Canopy
(1960)
Assistant Director
Drifting Detective: Tragedy in the Red Valley
(1961)
Director
Man with a Funky Hat: The 20,000,000 Yen Arm
(1961)
Director
Man with the Funky Hat
(1961)
Director
Drifting Detective: Black Wind in Harbor
(1961)
Director
Greed in Broad Daylight
(1961)
Director
The Challenge
(1962)
Director
Gang vs. G-Men
(1962)
Director
League of Gangsters
(1963)
Director
Wolves, Pigs & Men
(1964)
Director
Jakoman and Tetsu
(1964)
Director
The Kamikaze Guy
(1966)
Director
The Threat
(1966)
Director
Rampaging Dragon of the North
(1966)
Director
Dissolution Rites
(1967)
Director
The Green Slime
(1968)
Director
Black Lizard
(1968)
Director
Blackmail Is My Life
(1968)
Director
Gambler's Farewell
(1968)
Director
Japan Organized Crime Boss
(1969)
Director
Black Rose Mansion
(1969)
Director
Tora! Tora! Tora!
(1970)
Director
Bloodstained Clan Of Honor
(1970)
Director
If You Were Young: Rage
(1970)
Director
Sympathy for the Underdog
(1971)
Director
Street Mobster
(1972)
Director
Under the Flag of the Rising Sun
(1972)
Director
Outlaw Killers: Three Mad Dog Brothers
(1972)
Director
Battles Without Honor and Humanity
(1973)
Director
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War
(1973)
Director
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima
(1973)
Director
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode
(1974)
Director
New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 1
(1974)
Director
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics
(1974)
Director
New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 2: Head of the Boss
(1975)
Director
Graveyard of Honor
(1975)
Director
Cops vs. Thugs
(1975)
Director
Gambling Den Heist
(1975)
Director
Yakuza Graveyard
(1976)
Director
New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 3: Last Days of the Boss
(1976)
Director
Violent Panic: The Big Crash
(1976)
Director
Doberman Cop
(1977)
Director
Hokuriku Proxy War
(1977)
Director
Shogun's Samurai
(1978)
Director
The Fall of Ako Castle
(1978)
Director
Message from Space
(1978)
Director
Virus
(1980)
Director
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Complete Saga
(1980)
Director
Samurai Reincarnation
(1981)
Director
Gate of Youth
(1981)
Director
Fall Guy
(1982)
Director
Lovers Lost
(1982)
Director
Legend of the Eight Samurai
(1983)
Director
Theater Of Life
(1983)
Director
Shanghai Vance King
(1984)
Director
House on Fire
(1986)
Director
Sure Death 4
(1987)
Director
A Chaos of Flowers
(1988)
Director
The Triple Cross
(1992)
Director
Crest of Betrayal
(1994)
Director
The Abe Clan
(1995)
Director
The Geisha House
(1999)
Director
Battle Royale
(2000)
Director
Battle Royale II: Requiem
(2003)
Director
Acting
Proof of the Man
(1977)
Shibue, Assistant Lieutenant
The Mystery of Rampo
(1995)
Making of 'Battle Royale'
(2000)
Self
Shooting Film is Battleground: Making of BATTLE ROYALE
(2001)
Self
The Final Battleground — Making of Battle Royale II
(2003)
Self
Making of Battle Royale II: Requiem
(2003)
Self
Making of Clock Tower 3 ~How Kinji Fukasaku Changed the Game~
(2003)
Himself
Electric Yakuza, Go to Hell!
(2004)
Self
What's a Director?
(2006)
Yakuza Eiga, une histoire du cinéma yakuza
(2009)
Himself
Miwa: A Japanese Icon
(2013)
Himself (archive footage)
Writing
League of Gangsters
(1963)
Screenplay
Wolves, Pigs & Men
(1964)
Writer
The Boss
(1965)
Screenplay
The Kamikaze Guy
(1966)
Screenplay
The Threat
(1966)
Screenplay
Dissolution Rites
(1967)
Screenplay
The Green Slime
(1968)
Story
Black Rose Mansion
(1969)
Writer
Japan Organized Crime Boss
(1969)
Screenplay
Bloodstained Clan Of Honor
(1970)
Writer
If You Were Young: Rage
(1970)
Writer
Sympathy for the Underdog
(1971)
Screenplay
Under the Flag of the Rising Sun
(1972)
Writer
Street Mobster
(1972)
Screenplay
Violent Panic: The Big Crash
(1976)
Screenplay
Message from Space
(1978)
Story
Shogun's Samurai
(1978)
Screenplay
Virus
(1980)
Screenplay
Samurai Reincarnation
(1981)
Writer
Lovers Lost
(1982)
Screenplay
Theater Of Life
(1983)
Screenplay
Legend of the Eight Samurai
(1983)
Screenplay
Shanghai Vance King
(1984)
Screenplay
House on Fire
(1986)
Screenplay
Sure Death 4
(1987)
Writer
A Chaos of Flowers
(1988)
Writer
Crest of Betrayal
(1994)
Screenplay
The Yagyu Conspiracy
(2008)
Original Film Writer
Editing
Production