Search results
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", [1] 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 ...
Kinji Fukasaku was born on 3 July 1930 in Mito, Japan. He was a director and writer, known for Battle Royale (2000), Fall Guy (1982) and Crest of Betrayal (1994). He was married to Sanae Nakahara. He died on 12 January 2003 in Tokyo, Japan.
Battle Royale (Japanese: バトル・ロワイアル, Hepburn: Batoru Rowaiaru) is a 2000 Japanese action film directed by Kinji Fukasaku from a screenplay by Kenta Fukasaku, based on the 1999 novel of the same name by Koushun Takami.
Pages in category "Films directed by Kinji Fukasaku". The following 59 pages are in this category, out of 59 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Jan 12, 2003 · Kinji Fukasaku 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).
Apr 9, 2001 · He changed the face of Japanese action cinema forever with Battles Without Honour and Humanity and its many offspring in the early seventies, but the last two decades Kinji Fukasaku's career increasingly became that of a journeyman director, albeit a very successful one.
Jan 22, 2003 · Kinji Fukasaku was a cineast who became famous for the increasing violence of his series of yakuza or gangsterland movies.
Kinji Fukasaku was born on July 3, 1930 in Mito, Japan. He was a director and writer, known for Battle Royale (2000), Fall Guy (1982) and Crest of Betrayal (1994). He was married to Sanae Nakahara. He died on January 12, 2003 in Tokyo, Japan.
Jan 18, 2001 · The American Cinematheque’s “Battles Without Honor & Humanity: The Films of Kinji Fukasaku” reveals the veteran Japanese filmmaker, now 70, as much more than a cult director--indeed, as a major...
Jul 28, 2014 · During the late 1960s and early 70s, Fukasaku was watching newsreel footage of a breathtaking series of riots, protests, assassinations, attempted coups, public suicides, and police actions, as the Japanese government (with occasional yakuza assistance) stomped the political left to death.
