Directing
Kinji Fukasaku
1930-2003
Known for Battle Royale, Tora! Tora! Tora!, Battle Royale II: Requiem.
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Born07/03/1930
Died01/12/2003
AgeDied at 72
BirthplaceMito, Ibaraki, Japan
DepartmentDirecting
Also known as深作 欣二
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).
