Kinji Fukasaku

Birthday: 7/3/1930
Deathday: 1/12/2003
Place of birth: Mito, Ibaraki Prefecture Japan
Fame for: Directing
Also known as: Киндзи Фукасаку, 深作欣二, 深作欣二

Biography

Kinji Fukasaku (3 July 1930 – 12 January 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).