Kinji Fukasaku
Directing Born: 1930-07-03 Mito, Ibaraki, Japan
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).
Movies
The Mystery of Rampo
Shooting Film is Battleground: Making of BATTLE ROYALE
Proof of the Man
What's a Director?
Making of 'Battle Royale'
The Final Battleground — Making of Battle Royale II
Yakuza Eiga, une histoire du cinéma yakuza
Making of Battle Royale II: Requiem
Miwa: A Japanese Icon
Electric Yakuza, Go to Hell!
Making of Clock Tower 3 ~How Kinji Fukasaku Changed the Game~