User
Kinji Fukasaku
Known for
Directing
Gender
Male
Birth date
1930-07-03
Day of Death
2003-01-12 (72)
Place of Birth
Mito, Ibaraki, Japan
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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