Kinji Fukasaku

Kinji Fukasaku1930 - 2003

usually

Director

Popularity

2.3

Famous

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).

Credits

Shogun's Samurai
Shogun's Samurai

1978

Screenplay

7.1
0.7
Tora! Tora! Tora!
Tora! Tora! Tora!

1970

Director

7.1
2.2
Battle Royale
Battle Royale

2000

Director

7.3
4.9
Battle Royale
Battle Royale

2000

Producer

7.3
4.9
Street Mobster
Street Mobster

1972

Director

6.9
0.5
Fall Guy
Fall Guy

1982

Director

6.1
0.8
Battles Without Honor and Humanity
Battles Without Honor and Humanity

1973

Director

7.4
1
Shogun's Samurai
Shogun's Samurai

1978

Director

7.1
0.7
The Green Slime
The Green Slime

1968

Director

5.2
0.6
The Green Slime
The Green Slime

1968

Story

5.2
0.6
Virus
Virus

1980

Director

6.4
1.8
Virus
Virus

1980

Screenplay

6.4
1.8
Black Lizard
Black Lizard

1968

Director

6.7
0.3
Under the Flag of the Rising Sun
Under the Flag of the Rising Sun

1972

Director

7.6
0.7
The Geisha House
The Geisha House

1999

Director

7.4
0.4
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode

1974

Director

7.3
0.8
The Kamikaze Guy
The Kamikaze Guy

1966

Screenplay

5
0.2
The Kamikaze Guy
The Kamikaze Guy

1966

Director

5
0.2
Yakuza Graveyard
Yakuza Graveyard

1976

Director

6.7
0.5
Legend of the Eight Samurai
Legend of the Eight Samurai

1983

Director

5.9
1.5
New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 2: Head of the Boss
New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 2: Head of the Boss

1975

Director

6.9
0.7
New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 3: Last Days of the Boss
New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 3: Last Days of the Boss

1976

Director

6.4
0.6
New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 1
New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 1

1974

Director

5.5
0.4
The Fall of Ako Castle
The Fall of Ako Castle

1978

Director

6.6
0.6
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War

1973

Director

7.3
0.9
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima

1973

Director

7.4
0.8
Graveyard of Honor
Graveyard of Honor

1975

Director

6.7
0.6
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics

1974

Director

7
1.1
Sympathy for the Underdog
Sympathy for the Underdog

1971

Director

7.2
0.5
Samurai Reincarnation
Samurai Reincarnation

1981

Director

6
1.2
Samurai Reincarnation
Samurai Reincarnation

1981

Writer

6
1.2
Message from Space
Message from Space

1978

Director

5.8
1.2
Bloodstained Clan of Honor
Bloodstained Clan of Honor

1970

Director

7.2
0.3
Bloodstained Clan of Honor
Bloodstained Clan of Honor

1970

Writer

7.2
0.3
Doberman Cop
Doberman Cop

1977

Director

6.7
0.2
Outlaw Killers: Three Mad Dog Brothers
Outlaw Killers: Three Mad Dog Brothers

1972

Director

6.4
0.6
Cops vs. Thugs
Cops vs. Thugs

1975

Director

6.3
0.3
Drifting Detective: Tragedy in the Red Valley
Drifting Detective: Tragedy in the Red Valley

1961

Director

5
0.1
Japan Organized Crime Boss
Japan Organized Crime Boss

1969

Director

7.8
0.4
Blackmail Is My Life
Blackmail Is My Life

1968

Director

6.4
0.2
Man with a Funky Hat: The 20,000,000 Yen Arm
Man with a Funky Hat: The 20,000,000 Yen Arm

1961

Director

6
0.2
The Triple Cross
The Triple Cross

1992

Director

6.2
0.2
Black Rose Mansion
Black Rose Mansion

1969

Director

4.5
0.3
Black Rose Mansion
Black Rose Mansion

1969

Writer

4.5
0.3
If You Were Young: Rage
If You Were Young: Rage

1970

Director

6
0.3
If You Were Young: Rage
If You Were Young: Rage

1970

Writer

6
0.3
Lovers Lost
Lovers Lost

1982

Director

7.1
0.6
Gate of Youth
Gate of Youth

1981

Director

6
0.3
Hokuriku Proxy War
Hokuriku Proxy War

1977

Director

6.8
0.5
Violent Panic: The Big Crash
Violent Panic: The Big Crash

1976

Director

5.7
0.4
Wolves, Pigs & Men
Wolves, Pigs & Men

1964

Director

8.1
0.4
Crest of Betrayal
Crest of Betrayal

1994

Director

6.1
0.4
Under the Flag of the Rising Sun
Under the Flag of the Rising Sun

1972

Writer

7.6
0.7
The Abe Clan
The Abe Clan

1995

Director

7
0.5
Sure Death 4
Sure Death 4

1987

Director

6.6
0.5
Sure Death 4
Sure Death 4

1987

Writer

6.6
0.5
House on Fire
House on Fire

1986

Director

4.6
0.7
Gambling Den Heist
Gambling Den Heist

1975

Director

6.7
0.2
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Complete Saga
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Complete Saga

1980

Director

6.7
0.3
Violent Panic: The Big Crash
Violent Panic: The Big Crash

1976

Screenplay

5.7
0.4
A Chaos of Flowers
A Chaos of Flowers

1988

Director

8
0.2
A Chaos of Flowers
A Chaos of Flowers

1988

Writer

8
0.2
The Yagyu Conspiracy
The Yagyu Conspiracy

2008

Original Film Writer

0
0.3
The Challenge
The Challenge

1962

Director

7
0.2
Man with the Funky Hat
Man with the Funky Hat

1961

Director

0
0.2
Drifting Detective: Black Wind in Harbor
Drifting Detective: Black Wind in Harbor

1961

Director

6
0.1
The Boss
The Boss

1965

Screenplay

0
0.2
Gambler's Farewell
Gambler's Farewell

1968

Director

6
0.2
Greed in Broad Daylight
Greed in Broad Daylight

1961

Director

7
0.2
Jakoman and Tetsu
Jakoman and Tetsu

1964

Director

6
0.3
The Threat
The Threat

1966

Director

7.3
0.4
Rampaging Dragon of the North
Rampaging Dragon of the North

1966

Director

6
0.2
Gang vs. G-Men
Gang vs. G-Men

1962

Director

6
0.2
Dissolution Rites
Dissolution Rites

1967

Director

6
0.2
The Threat
The Threat

1966

Screenplay

7.3
0.4
Dissolution Rites
Dissolution Rites

1967

Screenplay

6
0.2
Theater Of Life
Theater Of Life

1983

Director

0
0.3
Theater Of Life
Theater Of Life

1983

Screenplay

0
0.3
Battle Royale II: Requiem
Battle Royale II: Requiem

2003

Director

5
1.3
Tale of Young Drifter 2
Tale of Young Drifter 2

1960

Assistant Director

0
0.2
Japan Organized Crime Boss
Japan Organized Crime Boss

1969

Screenplay

7.8
0.4
Sympathy for the Underdog
Sympathy for the Underdog

1971

Screenplay

7.2
0.5
Outlaw Under a Blue Canopy
Outlaw Under a Blue Canopy

1960

Assistant Director

0
0.2
League of Gangsters
League of Gangsters

1963

Director

7.5
0.1
League of Gangsters
League of Gangsters

1963

Screenplay

7.5
0.1
Crest of Betrayal
Crest of Betrayal

1994

Screenplay

6.1
0.4
The Boss
The Boss

1965

Editor

0
0.2
Legend of the Eight Samurai
Legend of the Eight Samurai

1983

Screenplay

5.9
1.5
House on Fire
House on Fire

1986

Screenplay

4.6
0.7
Shanghai Rhapsody
Shanghai Rhapsody

1984

Director

7
0.2
Shanghai Rhapsody
Shanghai Rhapsody

1984

Screenplay

7
0.2
Message from Space
Message from Space

1978

Story

5.8
1.2
Street Mobster
Street Mobster

1972

Screenplay

6.9
0.5
Lovers Lost
Lovers Lost

1982

Screenplay

7.1
0.6
Black Lizard
Black Lizard

1968

Screenplay

6.7
0.3
Wolves, Pigs & Men
Wolves, Pigs & Men

1964

Screenplay

8.1
0.4

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