Kinji Fukasaku

Known for

Directing

Life

1930 – 2003 (aged 72)

Born in

Mito, Ibaraki, Japan

Credits

3 acting credits

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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).