Kinji Fukasaku

Directing

Personal Info

gender

Male

birthday

July 3, 1930

died

January 12, 2003

place of birth

Mito, Ibaraki, Japan

also known as

深作 欣二

total credits

11 movies

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).

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Filmography

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