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Battle Royale is a 2000 Japanese action film directed by Kinji Fukasaku, based on a novel by Koushun Takami. It depicts a group of junior high school students forced to fight to the death by a totalitarian government, and features many young actors who became stars later on.
A user-created list of 16 movies directed by Kinji Fukasaku, a Japanese filmmaker known for his yakuza and action films. The list includes titles, ratings, genres, and brief summaries of each film.
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.
Battles Without Honor and Humanity (Japanese: 仁義なき戦い, Hepburn: Jingi Naki Tatakai), also known in the West as The Yakuza Papers, is a Japanese yakuza film series produced by Toei Company.
Kinji Fukasaku: Last Name: Deepak K. Introduction: 53 Graduated from Nihon University College of Art. Joined Toei as assistant director. Director: 61. 67 Free. In 96, he became chairman of the Directors Guild of Japan. (Film) 72 "Under the fluttering military flag" 73 "Battles Without Honor and Humanity" 82 "Kamata March"
Kinji Fukasaku is often remembered in the Western world for his final finished film, BATTLE ROYAL (2000), and the legacy the film left on popular culture. However, in Japan, the prolific director was respected for a broad range of films that often used violence to make statements about social control, authority, and individual freedom.
Tora!: Directed by Richard Fleischer, Kinji Fukasaku, Toshio Masuda, Akira Kurosawa. With Martin Balsam, Sô Yamamura, Jason Robards, Joseph Cotten. The story of the 1941 Japanese air raid on Pearl Harbor, and the series of preceding American blunders that aggravated its effectiveness.
