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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The Yagyu Conspiracy
writer
2008
What's a Director?
actor
2006
Battle Royale II: Requiem
director
2003
Battle Royale
director
2000
Making of 'Battle Royale'
actor
2000
The Geisha House
director
1999
The Abe Clan
director
1995
Crest of Betrayal
director
1994
Crest of Betrayal
writer
1994
The Mystery of Rampo
actor
1994
The Triple Cross
director
1992
A Chaos of Flowers
director
1988
A Chaos of Flowers
writer
1988
Sure Death 4
writer
1987
Sure Death 4
director
1987
House on Fire
director
1986
House on Fire
writer
1986
Shanghai Rhapsody
writer
1984
Shanghai Rhapsody
director
1984
Legend of the Eight Samurai
director
1983
Legend of the Eight Samurai
writer
1983
Theater Of Life
writer
1983
Theater Of Life
director
1983
Fall Guy
director
1982
Lovers Lost
director
1982
Lovers Lost
writer
1982
Samurai Reincarnation
writer
1981
Samurai Reincarnation
director
1981
Gate of Youth
director
1981
Virus
director
1980
Virus
writer
1980
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Complete Saga
director
1980
The Fall of Ako Castle
director
1978
Message from Space
writer
1978
Message from Space
director
1978
Shogun's Samurai
director
1978
Shogun's Samurai
writer
1978
Doberman Cop
director
1977
Hokuriku Proxy War
director
1977
Yakuza Graveyard
director
1976
New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 3: Last Days of the Boss
director
1976
Violent Panic: The Big Crash
director
1976
Violent Panic: The Big Crash
writer
1976
New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 2: Head of the Boss
director
1975
Gambling Den Heist
director
1975
Cops vs. Thugs
director
1975
Graveyard of Honor
director
1975
New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 1
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
Battles Without Honor and Humanity
director
1973
Outlaw Killers: Three Mad Dog Brothers
director
1972
Street Mobster
director
1972
Street Mobster
writer
1972
Under the Flag of the Rising Sun
director
1972
Under the Flag of the Rising Sun
writer
1972
Sympathy for the Underdog
writer
1971
Sympathy for the Underdog
director
1971
If You Were Young: Rage
director
1970
If You Were Young: Rage
writer
1970
Bloodstained Clan of Honor
writer
1970
Bloodstained Clan of Honor
director
1970
Tora! Tora! Tora!
director
1970
Black Rose Mansion
writer
1969
Black Rose Mansion
director
1969
Japan Organized Crime Boss
writer
1969
Japan Organized Crime Boss
director
1969
The Green Slime
director
1968
The Green Slime
writer
1968
Black Lizard
director
1968
Black Lizard
writer
1968
Blackmail Is My Life
director
1968
Dissolution Rites
writer
1967
Dissolution Rites
director
1967
Rampaging Dragon of the North
director
1966
The Kamikaze Guy
writer
1966
The Kamikaze Guy
director
1966
The Threat
director
1966
The Threat
writer
1966
The Boss
writer
1965
Wolves, Pigs & Men
director
1964
Wolves, Pigs & Men
writer
1964
Jakoman and Tetsu
director
1964
League of Gangsters
writer
1963
League of Gangsters
director
1963
Gang vs. G-Men
director
1962
The Challenge
director
1962
Greed in Broad Daylight
director
1961
Man with a Funky Hat: The 20,000,000 Yen Arm
director
1961
Man with the Funky Hat
director
1961
Drifting Detective: Black Wind in Harbor
director
1961
Drifting Detective: Tragedy in the Red Valley
director
1961