Personal Info
Known For
Directing
Born
July 3, 1930
Died
January 12, 2003 (age 72)
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
Film
Shooting Film is Battleground: Making of BATTLE ROYALE
Self
2001
Film
The Final Battleground — Making of Battle Royale II
Self
2003
Film
Proof of the Man
Shibue, Assistant Lieutenant
1977
Film
The Mystery of Rampo
Film Director
1994
Film
Making of 'Battle Royale'
Self
2000
Film
What's a Director?
2006
Film
Making of Battle Royale II: Requiem
Self
2003
Film
Miwa: A Japanese Icon
Himself (archive footage)
2013
Film
Yakuza Eiga, une histoire du cinéma yakuza
Himself
2009
Film
Electric Yakuza, Go to Hell!
Self
2004
Film
Making of Clock Tower 3 ~How Kinji Fukasaku Changed the Game~
Himself
2003
Filmography
2013FilmMiwa: A Japanese Iconas Himself (archive footage)2009FilmYakuza Eiga, une histoire du cinéma yakuzaas Himself2006FilmWhat's a Director?2004FilmElectric Yakuza, Go to Hell!as Self2003FilmMaking of Clock Tower 3 ~How Kinji Fukasaku Changed the Game~as Himself2003FilmThe Final Battleground — Making of Battle Royale IIas Self2003FilmMaking of Battle Royale II: Requiemas Self2001FilmShooting Film is Battleground: Making of BATTLE ROYALEas Self2000FilmMaking of 'Battle Royale'as Self1994FilmThe Mystery of Rampoas Film Director1977FilmProof of the Manas Shibue, Assistant Lieutenant