Kinji Fukasaku

Known For

Directing

Birthday

July 3, 1930

Day of Death

January 12, 2003 (72 years old)

Place of Birth

Mito, Ibaraki Prefecture Japan

Kinji Fukasaku

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).