Overview
Kinji Fukasaku
Known For
Electric Yakuza, Go to Hell!
Documentary about the Japanese filmmaker Takashi Miike, where we see...
Making of Clock Tower 3 ~How Kinji Fukasaku Changed the Game~
A behind the scenes look at the making of 'Clock...
The Final Battleground — Making of Battle Royale II
Prolific director Kinji Fukasaku died suddenly during the production of...
Shooting Film is Battleground: Making of BATTLE ROYALE
The late Kinji Fukasaku directed "Battle Royale" - his 60th...
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).