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

Professional Killers
1972
Key Hunter
1968
Battle Royale
2000
Shadow Warriors
1981
Tora! Tora! Tora!
1970
Wounded Angels
1974
Virus
1980
Fall Guy
1982
Battle Royale II: Requiem
2003
Unified Shadows
1975
Samurai Reincarnation
1981
Crest of Betrayal
1994

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
11
Directing
70
Writing
30
Producing
1
Editing
1
2013
Miwa: A Japanese Icon
as Self (archive footage)
2009
Yakuza Eiga, une histoire du cinéma yakuza
as Himself
2006
What's a Director?
2004
Electric Yakuza, Go to Hell!
as Self
2003
Making of Clock Tower 3 ~How Kinji Fukasaku Changed the Game~
as Himself
2003
The Final Battleground — Making of Battle Royale II
as Self
2003
Making of Battle Royale II: Requiem
as Self
2001
Shooting Film is Battleground: Making of BATTLE ROYALE
as Self
2000
Making of 'Battle Royale'
as Self
1994
The Mystery of Rampo
as Film Director
1977
Proof of the Man
as Shibue, Assistant Lieutenant