Known For
Directing
Birthday
July 3, 1930
Place of Birth
Mito, Ibaraki, Japan
Also Known As
- 深作 欣二
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 - Movies
Proof of the Man
as Shibue, Assistant Lieutenant
The Mystery of Rampo
as Film Director
What's a Director?
Making of Battle Royale II: Requiem
as Self
Making of 'Battle Royale'
as Self
Shooting Film is Battleground: Making of BATTLE ROYALE
as Self
Yakuza Eiga, une histoire du cinéma yakuza
as Himself
Electric Yakuza, Go to Hell!
as Self
Miwa: A Japanese Icon
as Himself (archive footage)
The Final Battleground — Making of Battle Royale II
as Self