
Kinji Fukasaku
Birthday: July 3, 1930 in Mito, Ibaraki, Japan
Deathday: January 12, 2003
Kinji Fukasaku (July 3, 1930 – January 12, 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 Holl...ywood film Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970) and Battle Royale (2000).