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Kinji Fukasaku

Name in Native Language: "深作欣二" (Japanese/JA)
Film Director / Screenwriter / Film Producer / Actor | * 07/03/1930 († 72, 01/12/2003) | Mito, Ibaraki Prefecture Japan
Kinji Fukasaku (深作 欣二, Fukasaku Kinji, 3 July 1930 – 12 January 2003) was a Japanese film director and screenwriter. Known for his "broad range and innovative filmmaking", Fukasaku worked in many different genres and styles, but was best known for his gritty yakuza films, typified by the Battles Without Honor and Humanity series (1973–1976). According to the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, "his turbulent energy and at times extreme violence express a cynical critique of social conditions and genuine sympathy for those left out of Japan's postwar prosperity." He used a cinema verite-inspired shaky camera technique in many of his films from the early 1970s. Fukasaku wrote and directed over 60 films between 1961 and 2003. Some Western sources have associated him with the Japanese New Wave movement of the '60s and '70s, but this belies his commercial success. His works include the Japanese portion of the Hollywood war film Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970), jidaigeki such as Shogun's Samurai (1978), the s... ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Action | Crime

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Awards & Nominations for Kinji Fukasaku

Japan Academy Film Prize 2x Japan Academy Film Prize for Director of the Year Medal With Purple Ribbon 2x Blue Ribbon Award for Best Director 2x Nikkan Sports Film Award for Best Director Golden Arrow Award Mainichi Film Award for Best Director
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Movies with Kinji Fukasaku as Actor(6)

as Himself (archive footage)2010 Miwa: Looking for Black Lizard
as Shibue, Assistant Lieutenant1977 Proof of the Man

Movies with Kinji Fukasaku as Crew(94)

Writing/Writer2008 Yagyu Conspiracy RETOLD
Directing/Director2003 Battle Royale II: Requiem
Directing/Director2000 Battle Royale
Production/Producer2000 Battle Royale
Directing/Director1999 The Geisha House
Directing/Director1995 The Abe Clan
Directing/Director1994 Crest of Betrayal
Writing/Screenplay1994 Crest of Betrayal
Directing/Director1992 The Triple Cross
Directing/Director1988 A Chaos of Flowers
Writing/Writer1988 A Chaos of Flowers
Directing/Director1987 Sure Death 4
Writing/Writer1987 Sure Death 4
Directing/Director1986 House on Fire
Writing/Screenplay1986 House on Fire
Directing/Director1984 Shanghai Vance King
Writing/Screenplay1984 Shanghai Vance King
Directing/Director1983 Theater Of Life
Writing/Screenplay1983 Theater Of Life
Directing/Director1983 Legend of the Eight Samurai
Writing/Screenplay1983 Legend of the Eight Samurai
Directing/Director1982 Lovers Lost
Writing/Screenplay1982 Lovers Lost
Directing/Director1982 Fall Guy
Directing/Director1981 Gate of Youth
Directing/Director1981 Samurai Reincarnation
Writing/Writer1981 Samurai Reincarnation
Directing/Director1980 Virus
Writing/Screenplay1980 Virus
Directing/Director1978 The Fall of Ako Castle
Directing/Director1978 Message from Space
Writing/Story1978 Message from Space
Directing/Director1978 Shogun's Samurai
Writing/Screenplay1978 Shogun's Samurai
Directing/Director1977 Doberman Cop
Directing/Director1977 Hokuriku Proxy War
Directing/Director1976 Yakuza Graveyard
Directing/Director1976 Violent Panic: The Big Crash
Writing/Screenplay1976 Violent Panic: The Big Crash
Directing/Director1975 Cops vs. Thugs
Directing/Director1975 Gambling Den Heist
Directing/Director1975 Graveyard of Honor
Directing/Director1973 Battles Without Honor and Humanity
Directing/Director1972 Under the Flag of the Rising Sun
Directing/Director1972 Street Mobster
Writing/Screenplay1972 Street Mobster
Directing/Director1971 Sympathy for the Underdog
Writing/Screenplay1971 Sympathy for the Underdog
Directing/Director1970 Bloodstained Clan Of Honor
Writing/Writer1970 Bloodstained Clan Of Honor
Directing/Director1970 If You Were Young: Rage
Writing/Writer1970 If You Were Young: Rage
Directing/Director1970 Tora! Tora! Tora!
Directing/Director1969 Japan Organized Crime Boss
Writing/Screenplay1969 Japan Organized Crime Boss
Directing/Director1969 Black Rose Mansion
Writing/Writer1969 Black Rose Mansion
Directing/Director1968 The Green Slime
Writing/Story1968 The Green Slime
Directing/Director1968 Gambler's Farewell
Directing/Director1968 Blackmail Is My Life
Directing/Director1968 Black Lizard
Directing/Director1967 Dissolution Rites
Writing/Screenplay1967 Dissolution Rites
Directing/Director1966 The Kamikaze Guy
Writing/Screenplay1966 The Kamikaze Guy
Directing/Director1966 The Threat
Writing/Screenplay1966 The Threat
Directing/Director1966 Rampaging Dragon of the North
Editing/Editor1965 The Boss
Writing/Screenplay1965 The Boss
Directing/Director1964 Jakoman and Tetsu
Directing/Director1964 Wolves, Pigs & Men
Writing/Writer1964 Wolves, Pigs & Men
Directing/Director1963 League of Gangsters
Writing/Screenplay1963 League of Gangsters
Directing/Director1962 The Challenge
Directing/Director1962 Gang vs. G-Men
Directing/Director1961 Man with the Funky Hat
Directing/Director1961 Greed in Broad Daylight
Directing/Assistant Director1960 Outlaw Under a Blue Canopy

TV Shows/Series with Kinji Fukasaku as Crew(4)

Directing/Director1980 Shadow Warriors
Writing/Writer1980 Shadow Warriors
Directing/Director1974 Wounded Angels
Directing/Director1972 Professional Killers

Full Name: Kinji Fukasaku
Citizenship: Japan
Born: Thursday, 07/03 1930 (July) in Mito, Ibaraki Prefecture Japan
Died: Sunday, 01/12 2003 (January) in Tokyo (aged: 72)
Zodiac sign: Cancer (Chinese zodiac sign: Horse)
Languages: Japanese (JA)
Educated at: Nihon University
Spouses (current/former): Sanae Nakahara
Children: Kenta Fukasaku
Other names for Kinji Fukasaku (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Киндзи Фукасаку"
"深作 欣二"
"深作欣二"
"ふかさく きんじ" (Kana/Japanese)
Kinji Fukasaku frequently works together with these people:
Hideo Murota (31x, Actor)
Harumi Sone (26x, Actor)
Shin'ichi Chiba (22x, Actor)
Toshiaki Tsushima (19x, Crew)
Seizô Fukumoto (18x, Actor)
Tetsurō Tamba (15x, Actor)
Bunta Sugawara (15x, Actor)
Mikio Narita (15x, Actor)
Nenji Kobayashi (15x, Actor)
Nobuo Yana (15x, Actor)
Asao Uchida (14x, Actor)
Eiichi Kudo (2x, Crew)
WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:115789, Added: 06/27/2018, Last updated: 03/22/2024