Kinji Fukasaku

Known for Directing

Kinji Fukasaku's portrait

Details

Birthday: July 03, 1930

Deathday: January 12, 2003

Place of birth: Mito, Ibaraki, Japan

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).

Director

1982

1980

1966