Kinji Fukasaku

Kinji Fukasaku

July 3, 1930 · 96 years old

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 Holl…

Known For

20 titles
1
Battle Royale

Battle Royale

2000 · 1h 54m · Movie

In a dystopian future, a group of students from a Japanese high school are forced by the government to compete in a battle, killing one another until only one is left standing.

7.5
2
Tora! Tora! Tora!

Tora! Tora! Tora!

1970 · 2h 24m · Movie

The story of the 1941 Japanese air raid on Pearl Harbor, and the series of preceding American blunders that aggravated its effectiveness.

7.5
3
Battle Royale II

Battle Royale II

2003 · 2h 13m · Movie

Three years after the failure of the last BR program, a second act is forged and a class of students is sent to an island with one objective: kill international terrorist Shuya Nanahara.

4.6
4
Battles Without Honor and Humanity

Battles Without Honor and Humanity

1973 · 1h 39m · Movie

During the violent chaos of post-War Japanese black market, a young gangster called Shozo Hirono has to keep up with the rapid shifts of power between unscrupulous bosses.

7.4
5
Virus

Virus

1980 · 1h 48m · Movie

After a virus devastates the global human population, survivors in Antarctica desperately try to find a cure and save the human race.

6.2
6
Hiroshima Death Match

Hiroshima Death Match

1973 · 1h 39m · Movie

A young criminal joins a yakuza family to kill the gangsters who beat him up, but falls in love with his boss' widow's niece, piling up enemies and corpses along his wayward way.

7.5
7
Yagyu Clan Conspiracy

Yagyu Clan Conspiracy

1978 · 2h 10m · Movie

After the Tokugawa shogun's death by poisoning, his sons Iemitsu and Tadanaga compete for the shogunate, dividing the land into warring factions. Iemitsu's mentor, betrays all to secure Iemitsu's power, leading to widespread confl...

7.1
8
Proxy War

Proxy War

1973 · 1h 59m · Movie

Yakuza boss Shozo Hirono must choose his alliances carefully as the local gangster family affiliations prove themselves to be wildly unstable, causing gang conflicts to slowly escalate.

7.3
9
Legend of the Eight Samurai

Legend of the Eight Samurai

1983 · 2h 13m · Movie

Princess Shizu was born under a terrible curse. Only the eight legendary samurai, hailing from across Japan, can protect her from an ancient supernatural clan to fulfill their destinies as foretold by prophecy.

6.4
10
Police Tactics

Police Tactics

1974 · 1h 41m · Movie

Conflicts between Hirono's family and Yamamori's family (and their allies) are made more tense by the ambitious underlings and the police's efforts to impose a crackdown on the gangs.

7.3
11
Samurai Reincarnation

Samurai Reincarnation

1981 · 2h 2m · Movie

Centuries ago, a samurai survives the massacre of 35,000 Christians and denounces God for ignoring the pleas of the believers. He sells his soul to the devil and receives the power to resurrect the dead to join him on a murderous ...

6.5
12
Final Episode

Final Episode

1974 · 1h 40m · Movie

While Hirono is in prison, his rival Takeda turns his own crime organization into a political party, whose two executives stir up new tensions in their thirst for power.

7.3
13
Sympathy for the Underdog

Sympathy for the Underdog

1971 · 1h 33m · Movie

A yakuza gang gets driven out of Yokohama by a big gang from Tokyo. They relocate to Okinawa to violently start over.

7.3
14
Yakuza Graveyard

Yakuza Graveyard

1976 · 1h 37m · Movie

When a cop is transferred to a new precinct it is obvious that the area's yakuza mob are not dealing with just another policeman. The cop is bent on results and is not immune to becoming rough in order to get results. Matters take...

7.1
15
Cops vs. Thugs

Cops vs. Thugs

1975 · 1h 40m · Movie

Acting boss Hirotani of the Ohara gang uses his friendship with corrupt cop Kuno to usurp a staged land deal that rival yakuza gang Kawade had arranged through local politicians. Open warfare erupts between the two gangs.

7.2
16
Fall Guy

Fall Guy

1982 · 1h 49m · Movie

A lowly obsequious member of a movie star's entourage agrees to marry his boss's pregnant mistress so he can continue his feckless lifestyle. He then takes up dangerous work as a stunt man to support his new family. Duty and loyal...

6.9
17
The Fall of Ako Castle

The Fall of Ako Castle

1978 · 2h 39m · Movie

This is the story of "The Forty-Seven Ronin." Based on historical events in 1701-2, the movie tells the tale of the Asano clan's downfall and the revenge of its former samurai on the perpetrator of the catastrophe.

7.2
18
New Battles Without Honor and Humanity

New Battles Without Honor and Humanity

1974 · 1h 38m · Movie

Bunta Sugawara is Miyoshi, a low-level assassin of the Yamamori gang who is sent to jail after a bungled hit. While in stir, family member Aoki attempts to seize power from the boss, and Miyoshi finds himself stuck between the two...

6.8
19
Violent Panic: The Big Crash

Violent Panic: The Big Crash

1976 · 1h 25m · Movie

Takashi, a bank robber, dreams of his final heist and escaping to Brazil. But in his way, stands a woman that loves him, his dead partner's brother, a corrupt cop, a motorcycle gang and every police officer in the Kanto region.

7.3
20
Ôkami to buta to ningen

Ôkami to buta to ningen

1964 · 1h 35m · Movie

A lonely gangster tries recruiting men to plunder a respected and powerful gang.

7.5
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