Kinji Fukasaku
Directing
- Born
- July 3, 1930 in Mito, Ibaraki, Japan
- Died
- January 12, 2003
- Age
- Died at age 72
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).
