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Personal Info
Known For
Directing
Birthday
July 3, 1930
Died
January 12, 2003
Place of Birth
Mito, Ibaraki Prefecture Japan
Also Known As
- Киндзи Фукасаку
- 深作 欣二
Kinji Fukasaku
1.5 Popularity
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
6.3
Himself (archive footage)
Miwa: A Japanese Icon
2013
7.0
Himself
Yakuza Eiga, une histoire du cinéma yakuza
2009
0.0
What's a Director?
2006
8.0
Self
Electric Yakuza, Go to Hell!
2004
0.0
Himself
Making of Clock Tower 3 ~How Kinji Fukasaku Changed the Game~
2003
0.0
Self
The Final Battleground — Making of Battle Royale II
2003
0.0
Self
Making of Battle Royale II: Requiem
2003
0.0
Self
Shooting Film is Battleground: Making of BATTLE ROYALE
2001
0.0
Self
Making of 'Battle Royale'
2000
7.0
Film Director
The Mystery of Rampo
1995
Credits
Miwa: A Japanese Icon
as Himself (archive footage)
2013
6.3
Yakuza Eiga, une histoire du cinéma yakuza
as Himself
2009
7.0
What's a Director?
2006
0.0
Electric Yakuza, Go to Hell!
as Self
2004
8.0
Making of Clock Tower 3 ~How Kinji Fukasaku Changed the Game~
as Himself
2003
0.0
The Final Battleground — Making of Battle Royale II
as Self
2003
0.0
Making of Battle Royale II: Requiem
as Self
2003
0.0
Shooting Film is Battleground: Making of BATTLE ROYALE
as Self
2001
0.0
Making of 'Battle Royale'
as Self
2000
0.0
The Mystery of Rampo
as Film Director
1995
7.0
Proof of the Man
as Shibue, Assistant Lieutenant
1977
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