As Director, As Writer
Sympathy for the Underdog
1971
7.2
Kinji Fukasaku
Directing
Birth date
July 3, 1930
Birth place
Mito, Ibaraki, Japan
Death date
January 12, 2003
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).
Featured in
As Director, As Writer
If You Were Young: Rage
1970
6.0
As Director, As Writer
Bloodstained Clan of Honor
1970
7.2
As Director
Tora! Tora! Tora!
1970
7.2
As Director, As Writer
Black Rose Mansion
1969
4.5
As Director, As Writer
Japan Organized Crime Boss
1969
7.9
As Director
The Green Slime
1968
5.2
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Black Lizard
1968
6.7
As Director
Blackmail Is My Life
1968
6.3
As Director
Gambler's Farewell
1968
6.0
As Director, As Writer
Dissolution Rites
1967
6.0
As Director
Rampaging Dragon of the North
1966
6.0
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The Kamikaze Guy
1966
5.0
As Director, As Writer
The Threat
1966
7.3
As Director, As Writer
Wolves, Pigs & Men
1964
8.1
As Director
Jakoman and Tetsu
1964
6.0
As Director, As Writer
League of Gangsters
1963
7.5
As Director
Gang vs. G-Men
1962
6.0
As Director
The Challenge
1962
7.0
As Director
Greed in Broad Daylight
1961
7.0