Person
Kinji Fukasaku
- Specialty
- Directing
- Birth
- July 3, 1930 · 72 years
- Death
- January 12, 2003
- Origin
- Mito, Ibaraki, Japan
Technical Alias
深作 欣二
Professional Trajectory
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).
