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Kinji Fukasaku
Directing
03 Jul 1930
† 12 Jan 2003
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).
Also Known As
深作 欣二
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Kinji Fukasaku's Movies
78%
Proof of the Man
08 Oct 1977
72%
The Mystery of Rampo
25 Jun 1994
63%
Miwa: A Japanese Icon
31 Aug 2013
85%
Electric Yakuza, Go to Hell!
22 Feb 2004
70%
Yakuza Eiga, une histoire du cinéma yakuza
12 Feb 2009
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What's a Director?
04 Nov 2006
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Making of Clock Tower 3 ~How Kinji Fukasaku Changed the Game~
12 Dec 2003
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Shooting Film is Battleground: Making of BATTLE ROYALE
13 Jan 2001
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The Final Battleground — Making of Battle Royale II
10 Jul 2003
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Making of Battle Royale II: Requiem
05 Jul 2003
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Making of 'Battle Royale'
01 Dec 2000