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Kinji Fukasaku

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).

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Directing

1960

[ ] Tale of Young Drifter 2 (Assistant Director)
[ ] Outlaw Under a Blue Canopy (Assistant Director)

1961

[ ] Drifting Detective: Tragedy in the Red Valley (Director)
[ ] Man with a Funky Hat: The 20,000,000 Yen Arm (Director)
[ ] Man with the Funky Hat (Director)
[ ] Drifting Detective: Black Wind in Harbor (Director)
[ ] Greed in Broad Daylight (Director)

1962

[ ] The Challenge (Director)
[ ] Gang vs. G-Men (Director)

1963

[ ] League of Gangsters (Director)

1964

[ ] Wolves, Pigs & Men (Director)
[ ] Jakoman and Tetsu (Director)

1966

[ ] The Kamikaze Guy (Director)
[ ] The Threat (Director)
[ ] Rampaging Dragon of the North (Director)

1967

[ ] Dissolution Rites (Director)

1968

[ ] The Green Slime (Director)
[ ] Black Lizard (Director)
[ ] Blackmail Is My Life (Director)
[ ] Gambler's Farewell (Director)

1969

[ ] Japan Organized Crime Boss (Director)
[ ] Black Rose Mansion (Director)

1970

[ ] Tora! Tora! Tora! (Director)
[ ] Bloodstained Clan of Honor (Director)
[ ] If You Were Young: Rage (Director)

1971

[ ] Sympathy for the Underdog (Director)

1972

[ ] Street Mobster (Director)
[ ] Under the Flag of the Rising Sun (Director)
[ ] Outlaw Killers: Three Mad Dog Brothers (Director)

1973

[ W ] Battles Without Honor and Humanity (Director)
[ ] Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War (Director)
[ ] Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima (Director)

1974

[ ] Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode (Director)
[ ] New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 1 (Director)
[ ] Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics (Director)

1975

[ ] New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 2: Head of the Boss (Director)
[ ] Graveyard of Honor (Director)
[ ] Cops vs. Thugs (Director)
[ ] Gambling Den Heist (Director)

1976

[ ] Yakuza Graveyard (Director)
[ ] New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 3: Last Days of the Boss (Director)
[ ] Violent Panic: The Big Crash (Director)

1977

[ ] Doberman Cop (Director)
[ ] Hokuriku Proxy War (Director)

1978

[ ] Shogun's Samurai (Director)
[ ] The Fall of Ako Castle (Director)
[ ] Message from Space (Director)

1980

[ ] Virus (Director)
[ ] Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Complete Saga (Director)

1981

[ ] Samurai Reincarnation (Director)
[ ] Gate of Youth (Director)

1982

[ ] Fall Guy (Director)
[ ] Lovers Lost (Director)

1983

[ ] Legend of the Eight Samurai (Director)
[ ] Theater Of Life (Director)

1984

[ ] Shanghai Rhapsody (Director)

1986

[ ] House on Fire (Director)

1987

[ ] Sure Death 4 (Director)

1988

[ ] A Chaos of Flowers (Director)

1992

[ ] The Triple Cross (Director)

1994

[ ] Crest of Betrayal (Director)

1995

[ ] The Abe Clan (Director)

1999

[ ] The Geisha House (Director)

2000

[ 6/10 ] Battle Royale (Director)

2003

[ ] Battle Royale II: Requiem (Director)

Writing

1963

[ ] League of Gangsters (Screenplay)

1964

[ ] Wolves, Pigs & Men (Screenplay)

1965

[ ] The Boss (Screenplay)

1966

[ ] The Kamikaze Guy (Screenplay)
[ ] The Threat (Screenplay)

1967

[ ] Dissolution Rites (Screenplay)

1968

[ ] The Green Slime (Story)
[ ] Black Lizard (Screenplay)

1969

[ ] Black Rose Mansion (Writer)
[ ] Japan Organized Crime Boss (Screenplay)

1970

[ ] Bloodstained Clan of Honor (Writer)
[ ] If You Were Young: Rage (Writer)

1971

[ ] Sympathy for the Underdog (Screenplay)

1972

[ ] Under the Flag of the Rising Sun (Writer)
[ ] Street Mobster (Screenplay)

1976

[ ] Violent Panic: The Big Crash (Screenplay)

1978

[ ] Shogun's Samurai (Screenplay)
[ ] Message from Space (Story)

1980

[ ] Virus (Screenplay)

1981

[ ] Samurai Reincarnation (Writer)

1982

[ ] Lovers Lost (Screenplay)

1983

[ ] Theater Of Life (Screenplay)
[ ] Legend of the Eight Samurai (Screenplay)

1984

[ ] Shanghai Rhapsody (Screenplay)

1986

[ ] House on Fire (Screenplay)

1987

[ ] Sure Death 4 (Writer)

1988

[ ] A Chaos of Flowers (Writer)

1994

[ ] Crest of Betrayal (Screenplay)

2008

[ ] The Yagyu Conspiracy (Original Film Writer)

Production

2000

[ 6/10 ] Battle Royale (Producer)

Editing

1965

[ ] The Boss (Editor)

Actor

1977

[ ] Proof of the Man (Shibue, Assistant Lieutenant)

1995

[ ] The Mystery of Rampo (Film Director)

2000

[ ] Making of 'Battle Royale' (Self)

2001

[ ] Shooting Film is Battleground: Making of BATTLE ROYALE (Self)

2003

[ ] Making of Clock Tower 3 ~How Kinji Fukasaku Changed the Game~ (Himself)
[ ] The Final Battleground — Making of Battle Royale II (Self)
[ ] Making of Battle Royale II: Requiem (Self)

2004

[ ] Electric Yakuza, Go to Hell! (Self)

2006

[ ] What's a Director? (????)

2009

[ ] Yakuza Eiga, une histoire du cinéma yakuza (Himself)

2013

[ ] Miwa: A Japanese Icon (Himself (archive footage))