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Kinji Fukasaku

Kinji Fukasaku

Directing · 1930–2003 · Mito, Ibaraki, Japan

IMDb

34 titles in this catalog with a median Balasaur Score of 70. The 1960s rate best: median 72 across 6 titles. Kinji Fukasaku appears most often alongside Bunta Sugawara (9 titles), Sonny Chiba (9), Hiroki Matsukata (7).

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).

Acting 11

Directing 70

Writing 30

Production 1

Editing 1