Movies Box
Kinji Fukasaku
Directing
- Born
- Jul 3, 1930
- Died
- Jan 12, 2003 (age 72)
- Place of Birth
- Mito, Ibaraki, Japan
- Movies
- 67
- TV Shows
- 6
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).
