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Kinji Fukasaku

Director, Producer, Writer, Actor, Editor, Additional Credits
Born July 3, 1930Died January 12, 2003 (72 years)
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).

Movies & Shows on Plex

  • Battle Royale
  • Battle Royale II
  • Virus: Day of Resurrection
  • Legend of the Eight Samurai
  • Samurai Reincarnation
  • Swords Of Vengeance
  • Shadow Warriors
  • The Yagyu Conspiracy

Known For

  • Battle Royale
  • Tora! Tora! Tora!
  • Battle Royale II
  • Battles Without Honor and Humanity
  • The Green Slime
  • Virus: Day of Resurrection
  • Graveyard of Honor
  • Hiroshima Death Match
  • Message from Space
  • Yagyu Clan Conspiracy
  • Proxy War
  • Legend of the Eight Samurai
  • Police Tactics
  • Samurai Reincarnation
  • Street Mobster
  • Final Episode
  • Under the Flag of the Rising Sun
  • Sympathy for the Underdog
  • Yakuza Graveyard
  • Cops vs. Thugs
  • Fall Guy
  • Swords Of Vengeance
  • Doberman Cop
  • New Battles Without Honor and Humanity

Filmography

2003
2000
1998
1995
1994
1992
1988
1987
1986
1984
1983
1983
1982
1982
1981
1981
1980
1980
1978
1978
1978
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1975
Unified Shadows (TV Series)
1975
1974
1974
Heartbroken angel (TV Series)
1974
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