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Kinji Fukasaku

Born 1930-07-03

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

Battle Royale 2000 · 7.5 Tora! Tora! Tora! 1970 · 7.5 Battle Royale II 2003 · 4.6 Battles Without Honor and Humanity 1973 · 7.4 Virus 1980 · 6.2 Hiroshima Death Match 1973 · 7.5 Yagyu Clan Conspiracy 1978 · 7.1 Proxy War 1973 · 7.3 Legend of the Eight Samurai 1983 · 6.4 Police Tactics 1974 · 7.3 Samurai Reincarnation 1981 · 6.5 Final Episode 1974 · 7.3 Sympathy for the Underdog 1971 · 7.3 Yakuza Graveyard 1976 · 7.1 Cops vs. Thugs 1975 · 7.2 Fall Guy 1982 · 6.9 The Fall of Ako Castle 1978 · 7.2 New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 1974 · 6.9 Violent Panic: The Big Crash 1976 · 7.3 Ôkami to buta to ningen 1964 · 7.5 Gambler's Farewell 1968 · 6.4