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).

Kinji Fukasaku

Directing Born July 3, 1930 – Died January 12, 2003 Mito, Ibaraki, Japan

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

Proof of the Man

Shibue, Assistant Lieutenant

Miwa: A Japanese Icon

Self (archive footage)

The Mystery of Rampo

Film Director

Shooting Film is Battleground: Making of BATTLE ROYALE

Self

Making of 'Battle Royale'

Self

Electric Yakuza, Go to Hell!

Self

Making of Battle Royale II: Requiem

Self

What's a Director?

The Final Battleground — Making of Battle Royale II

Self

Yakuza Eiga, une histoire du cinéma yakuza

Himself

Making of Clock Tower 3 ~How Kinji Fukasaku Changed the Game~

Himself