Director

Kinji Fukasaku

6 works in catalog

Known for: Directing
Born: 1930-07-03
Died: 2003-01-12
Place of birth: Mito, Ibaraki, Japan

Also known as深作欣二

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).