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Kinji Fukasaku

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.   Kinji Fukasaku (3 July 1930 – 12 January 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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Kinji Fukasaku, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.


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Born:
Jul 3, 1930 In Mito, Ibaraki Prefecture Japan
Movie/TV Credits:
9
First Appeared:
In the movie Proof of the Man 1977-10-08
Latest Project:
Movie Miwa: A Japanese Icon 2013-08-31
Known For
Poster of Miwa: A Japanese Icon
Poster of Yakuza Eiga, une histoire du cinéma yakuza
Poster of Electric Yakuza, Go to Hell!
Poster of Making of 'Battle Royale'
Filmography
Movie Miwa: A Japanese Icon Himself (archive footage) 2013-08-31
Movie Yakuza Eiga, une histoire du cinéma yakuza Himself 2009-02-12
Movie What's a Director? 2006-11-04
Movie Electric Yakuza, Go to Hell! Self 2004-02-22
Movie The Final Battleground — Making of Battle Royale II Self 2003-07-10
Movie Shooting Film is Battleground: Making of BATTLE ROYALE Self 2001-01-13
Movie Making of 'Battle Royale' Self 2000-12-01
Movie The Mystery of Rampo 1995-05-27
Movie Proof of the Man Shibue, Assistant Lieutenant 1977-10-08