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