FILM DIRECTOR

Kinji Fukasaku

1930 - 2003

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Kinji Fukasaku (Japanese: 深作 欣二, Hepburn: Fukasaku Kinji; 3 July 1930 – 12 January 2003) was a Japanese film director and screenwriter. Known for his "broad range and innovative filmmaking", Fukasaku 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. Fukasaku wrote and directed over 60 films between 1961 and 2003. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Kinji Fukasaku is the 395th most popular film director (down from 362nd in 2019), the 677th most popular biography from Japan (down from 570th in 2019) and the 16th most popular Japanese Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Kinji Fukasaku ranks 395 out of 2,041. Before him are Jim Abrahams, Ken Russell, Edward Zwick, Georgiy Daneliya, Claire Denis, and Richard Brooks. After him are Irvin Kershner, Gaspar Noé, Mervyn LeRoy, Robert Stevenson, Just Jaeckin, and Albert Lamorisse.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1930, Kinji Fukasaku ranks 158. Before him are Yves Rocher, Ahmed Zaki Yamani, José Águas, Omara Portuondo, Marshall Sahlins, and Georgiy Daneliya. After him are Anatoly Lukyanov, Thomas Williams, Charles Rangel, Fritz Wunderlich, James Baker, and Tom Wolfe. Among people deceased in 2003, Kinji Fukasaku ranks 87. Before him are Michael Jeter, Princess Isabelle of Orléans-Braganza, Denis Thatcher, Prince Carl Bernadotte, Rik Van Steenbergen, and Michael Kamen. After him are Michael P. Anderson, Janko Bobetko, Martha Scott, Jacques Deray, Valeriy Brumel, and William Steig.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Kinji Fukasaku ranks 677 out of 6,245. Before him are Eiji Tsuburaya (1901), Hakuin Ekaku (1686), Emperor Go-Sanjō (1032), Akemi Iwata (1954), Teizo Takeuchi (1908), and Ii Naomasa (1561). After him are Hirokazu Kanazawa (1931), Shigechiyo Izumi (1865), Emperor En'yū (959), Shigeru Mizuki (1922), Shintaro Ishihara (1932), and Yoshitaka Amano (1952).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Japan

Among film directors born in Japan, Kinji Fukasaku ranks 16. Before him are Shohei Imamura (1926), Mamoru Oshii (1951), Hideaki Anno (1960), Satoshi Kon (1963), Makoto Shinkai (1973), and Kiyoshi Kurosawa (1955). After him are Ishirō Honda (1911), Hirokazu Kore-eda (1962), Mikio Naruse (1905), Kon Ichikawa (1915), Yoshiyuki Tomino (1941), and Takashi Miike (1960).

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