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).
2013Miwa: A Japanese IconMovieas Self (archive footage)
2009Yakuza Eiga, une histoire du cinéma yakuzaMovieas Himself
2008The Yagyu ConspiracyMovieOriginal Film Writer
2006What's a Director?Movie
2004Electric Yakuza, Go to Hell!Movieas Self
2003Making of Clock Tower 3 ~How Kinji Fukasaku Changed the Game~Movieas Himself
2003The Final Battleground — Making of Battle Royale IIMovieas Self2003Battle Royale II: RequiemMovieDirector
2003Making of Battle Royale II: RequiemMovieas Self
2001Shooting Film is Battleground: Making of BATTLE ROYALEMovieas Self2000Battle RoyaleMovieDirector · Producer
2000Making of 'Battle Royale'Movieas Self
1999The Geisha HouseMovieDirector
1995The Abe ClanMovieDirector
1994Crest of BetrayalMovieDirector · Screenplay
1994The Mystery of RampoMovieas Film Director
1992The Triple CrossMovieDirector
1988A Chaos of FlowersMovieDirector · Screenplay
1987Sure Death 4MovieDirector · Writer
1986House on FireMovieDirector · Screenplay
1984Shanghai RhapsodyMovieDirector · Screenplay1983Legend of the Eight SamuraiMovieDirector · Screenplay
1983Theater Of LifeMovieDirector · Screenplay
1982Fall GuyMovieDirector
1982Lovers LostMovieDirector · Screenplay1981Samurai ReincarnationMovieDirector · Writer
1981Gate of YouthMovieDirector1980VirusMovieDirector · Screenplay
1980Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Complete SagaMovieDirector
1980Shadow WarriorsTV showDirector · Writer · 1 episodes
1978The Fall of Ako CastleMovieDirector1978Message from SpaceMovieDirector · Story1978Shogun's Samurai: The Yagyu Clan ConspiracyMovieScreenplay · Director
1977Proof of the ManMovieas Shibue, Assistant Lieutenant
1977Doberman CopMovieDirector
1977Hokuriku Proxy WarMovieDirector1976Yakuza GraveyardMovieDirector
1976New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 3: Last Days of the BossMovieDirector
1976Violent Panic: The Big CrashMovieDirector · Screenplay
1975New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 2: Head of the BossMovieDirector
1975Gambling Den HeistMovieDirector
1975Cops vs. ThugsMovieDirector
1975Unified ShadowsTV showDirector · 28 episodes1975Graveyard of HonorMovieDirector
1974New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 1MovieDirector
1974Wounded AngelsTV showDirector · 2 episodes1974Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final EpisodeMovieDirector1974Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police TacticsMovieDirector1973Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy WarMovieDirector1973Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in HiroshimaMovieDirector1973Battles Without Honor and HumanityMovieDirector
1972Outlaw Killers: Three Mad Dog BrothersMovieDirector
1972Professional KillersTV showDirector · 3 episodes1972Street MobsterMovieDirector · Screenplay1972Under the Flag of the Rising SunMovieDirector · Writer1971Sympathy for the UnderdogMovieDirector · Screenplay
1970If You Were Young: RageMovieDirector · Writer
1970Bloodstained Clan of HonorMovieDirector · Writer1970Tora! Tora! Tora!MovieDirector
1969Black Rose MansionMovieDirector · Writer
1969Japan Organized Crime BossMovieDirector · Screenplay1968The Green SlimeMovieDirector · Story1968Black LizardMovieDirector · Screenplay
1968Key HunterTV showDirector · 262 episodes
1968Blackmail Is My LifeMovieDirector
1968Gambler's FarewellMovieDirector
1967Dissolution RitesMovieDirector · Screenplay
1966Rampaging Dragon of the NorthMovieDirector
1966The Kamikaze GuyMovieScreenplay · Director
1966The ThreatMovieDirector · Screenplay
1965The BossMovieScreenplay · Editor
1964Wolves, Pigs & MenMovieDirector · Screenplay
1964Jakoman and TetsuMovieDirector
1963League of GangstersMovieDirector · Screenplay
1962Gang vs. G-MenMovieDirector
1962The ChallengeMovieDirector
1961Greed in Broad DaylightMovieDirector
1961Man with a Funky Hat: The 20,000,000 Yen ArmMovieDirector
1961Man with the Funky HatMovieDirector
1961Drifting Detective: Black Wind in HarborMovieDirector
1961Drifting Detective: Tragedy in the Red ValleyMovieDirector
1960Tale of Young Drifter 2MovieAssistant Director
1960Outlaw Under a Blue CanopyMovieAssistant Director