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Kinji Fukasaku

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Japanese film director and screenwriter (1930-2003)

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Kinji Fukasaku was a Japanese filmmaker. Known for his "broad range and innovative filmmaking", he 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).

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Filmography 40

Battle Royale2000 · ★ 7.3
Tora! Tora! Tora!1970 · ★ 7.2
Battle Royale II: Requiem2003 · ★ 5.0
Battles Without Honor and Humanity1973 · ★ 7.4
The Green Slime1968 · ★ 5.3
Virus1980 · ★ 6.3
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima1973 · ★ 7.3
Message from Space1978 · ★ 5.9
Graveyard of Honor1975 · ★ 6.7
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War1973 · ★ 7.0
Samurai Reincarnation1981
Shogun's Samurai1978
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics1974
Street Mobster1972
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode1974
Sympathy for the Underdog1971
Legend of the Eight Samurai1983
Yakuza Graveyard1976
Cops vs. Thugs1975
Under the Flag of the Rising Sun1972
Doberman Cop1977
The Fall of Ako Castle1978
Fall Guy1982
Black Lizard1968
Proof of the Man1977
New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 11974
New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 2: Head of the Boss1975
Crest of Betrayal1994
Lovers Lost1982
Hokuriku Proxy War1977
House on Fire1986
New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 3: Last Days of the Boss1976
Blackmail Is My Life1968
Japan Organized Crime Boss1969
The Geisha House1999
If You Were Young: Rage1970
Sure Death 41987
Outlaw Killers: Three Mad Dog Brothers1972
Black Rose Mansion1969
The Threat1966

113 credits on file

Television 5

Professional Killers1972
Shadow Warriors1980
Wounded Angels1974
Key Hunter1968
Unified Shadows1975

Awards 10

1999Nikkan Sports Film Award for Best Director
1997Medal with Purple Ribbon
1994Nikkan Sports Film Award for Best Director
1987Japan Academy Prize for Director of the Year
1983Japan Academy Prize for Director of the Year
1983Blue Ribbon Awards for Best Director
1976Blue Ribbon Awards for Best Director
Japan Academy Film Prize
Golden Arrow Award
Mainichi Film Award for Best Director

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Connected to Kinji 6

Yukio MishimaAlso in Black Lizard (1968)Koichi IwakiAlso in Proof of the Man (1977)Saki TakaokaAlso in Crest of Betrayal (1994)Hiroyuki SanadaAlso in Fall Guy (1982)Takeshi KitanoAlso in Battle Royale (2000)Sonny ChibaAlso in Battle Royale II: Requiem (2003)

About this person

Kinji Fukasaku was a Japanese filmmaker. Known for his "broad range and innovative filmmaking", he 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.

Country
Japan
Category
Directors
Type
Movie Director
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1930 to 2003 · aged 72
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