Kinji Fukasaku
Kinji Fukasaku was a Japanese filmmaker. Known for his "broad range and innovative filmmaking", he worked in many different genres and styles, but was best known for his gritty yakuza films, typified by the Battles Without Honor and Humanity series (1973–1976). According to the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, his "turbulent energy and at times extreme violence express a cynical critique of social conditions and genuine sympathy for those left out of Japan's postwar prosperity". He used a cinema verite-inspired shaky camera technique in many of his films from the early 1970s.
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Battles Without Honor and Humanity
director
2024
Battle Royale II: Requiem
director
2003
Battle Royale
director
2000
The Geisha House
director
1999
The Abe Clan
director
1995
Crest of Betrayal
director
1994
Crest of Betrayal
writer
1994
The Triple Cross
director
1992
A Chaos of Flowers
director
1988
Sure Death 4: Revenge
director
1987
House on Fire
director
1986
Fall Guy
director
1984
Shanghai Rhapsody
director
1984
Legend of the Eight Samurai
writer
1983
Legend of the Eight Samurai
director
1983
Virus
writer
1983
Virus
director
1983
Theater of Life
writer
1983
Theater of Life
director
1983
Dotonbori River
director
1982
Samurai Reincarnation
director
1981
Samurai Reincarnation
writer
1981
The Gate of Youth
director
1981
Message from Space
director
1979
Shogun's Samurai
writer
1978
Shogun's Samurai
director
1978
The Fall of Ako Castle
director
1978
Doberman Cop
director
1977
Hokuriku Proxy War
director
1977
Yakuza Graveyard
director
1976
New Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Boss's Last Days
director
1976
Violent Panic: The Big Crash
director
1976
Violent Panic: The Big Crash
writer
1976
New Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Boss's Head
director
1975
Cops vs. Thugs
director
1975
Graveyard of Honor
director
1975
Gambling Den Heist
director
1975
New Battles Without Honor and Humanity
director
1974
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode
director
1974
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics
director
1974
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War
director
1973
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima
director
1973
The Green Slime
director
1972
Outlaw Killers: Three Mad Dog Brothers
director
1972
Under the Flag of the Rising Sun
director
1972
Street Mobster
director
1972
Sympathy for the Underdog
director
1971
Sympathy for the Underdog
writer
1971
Tora! Tora! Tora!
director
1970
Bloodstained Clan Honor
director
1970
If You Were Young: Rage
director
1970
Black Lizard
director
1969
Japan Organized Crime Boss
director
1969
Black Rose Mansion
writer
1969
Black Rose Mansion
director
1969
Blackmail Is My Life
director
1968
Gambler's Farewell
director
1968
Ceremony of Disbanding
director
1967
The Threat
director
1966
Rampaging Dragon of the North
director
1966
Kamikaze Man: Duel at Noon
director
1966
Wolves, Pigs and Men
director
1964
Jakoman and Tetsu (1964 film)
director
1964
League of Gangsters
director
1963
Gyangu tai G-men
director
1962
The Proud Challenge
director
1962
High Noon for Gangsters
director
1961
Wandering Detective: Tragedy in Red Valley
director
1961
Wandering Detective: Black Wind in the Harbor
director
1961
Vigilante in the Funky Hat
director
1961
Vigilante in the Funky Hat: The 20,000,000 Yen Arm
director
1961
Q11332187
director
1961