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).
Filmography as Director (25)
Battle Royale II: Requiem
Battle Royale
Crest of Betrayal
House on Fire
Legend of the Eight Samurai
Theater Of Life
Fall Guy
Lovers Lost
Samurai Reincarnation
Gate of Youth
Virus
The Fall of Ako Castle
Message from Space
Shogun's Samurai
Hokuriku Proxy War
Violent Panic: The Big Crash
Cops vs. Thugs
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima
Battles Without Honor and Humanity
Under the Flag of the Rising Sun
Sympathy for the Underdog
Tora! Tora! Tora!