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Kinji Fukasaku is a Actor, Director, Scriptwriter and Producer Japonais born on 3 july 1930 at Mito City (Japon)

Kinji Fukasaku

Kinji Fukasaku
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Nationality Japon
Birth 3 july 1930 at Mito City (Japon)
Death 12 january 2003 (at 72 years) at Tokyo (Japon)
Awards Japan Academy Prize, Japan Academy Prize for Director of the Year

Kinji Fukasaku (深作 欣二, Fukasaku Kinji, 3 July 1930 – 12 January 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 known for directing samurai period and yakuza films such as Battles Without Honor and Humanity (1973), the Japanese portion of the Hollywood film Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970), and his final film Battle Royale (2000). He is also known for his trademark shaky camera technique, which he used extensively in many of his films from the early 1970s.

Biography

Kinji Fukasaku est né le 3 juillet 1930 à Mito, dans la préfecture d'Ibaraki au Japon.

Il est très tôt confronté à la violence en travaillant durant la Seconde Guerre mondiale dans une fabrique d'armes. Après ses études universitaires, il commence sa carrière en 1953 dans l'important studio japonais Toei comme assistant réalisateur. Il passe à la réalisation en 1961 avec la série du Policier vagabond, qui met en scène un tout jeune Sonny Chiba.

Il investit un genre canonique au Japon, le yakuza-eiga (films sur la pègre japonaise). Ses principaux films de cette époque sont Gangsters en plein jour, Hommes, porcs et loups et Le Caïd de Yokohama. Il réalise également les scènes de combat aérien du film américain Tora! Tora! Tora!.

Ses thèmes de prédilection sont l'après-guerre et la transformation de la société japonaise. Dans les années 1970, il transforme l'image classique du yakuza guidé par l'honneur en celle du gangster mené par l'appât du gain avec des films très violents comme Le Cimetière de la morale (1975) ou Combat sans code d'honneur en 1973. Ce dernier est un succès critique et commercial qui donnera lieu à quatre suites (plus une nouvelle trilogie). Par ces films, il est l'initiateur du genre Jitsuroku eiga (films de yakuzas réalistes, souvent anarchisants, plutôt portés sur la violence spectaculaire).

Il s'oriente ensuite vers le film de samouraïs et la science-fiction. Dans les années 1980, Fukasaku se tourne vers des films plus commerciaux.

En 2000, il réalise Battle Royale. Il commence le tournage de la suite Battle Royale 2 mais doit abandonner à cause d'un cancer de la prostate. Son fils, Kenta Fukasaku, prend le relais et termine le tournage. Fukasaku meurt à Tokyo le 12 janvier 2003, sans voir le film terminé.

Fukasaku a influencé de nombreux réalisateurs dont Takeshi Kitano, Takashi Miike, John Woo et Quentin Tarantino.

Best films

Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)
(Director)

Usually with

Hideo Murota
Hideo Murota
(18 films)
Seizō Fukumoto
Seizō Fukumoto
(16 films)
Mikio Narita
Mikio Narita
(15 films)
Sonny Chiba
Sonny Chiba
(15 films)
Nenji Kobayashi
Nenji Kobayashi
(11 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Kinji Fukasaku (42 films)

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Actor

The Mystery of Rampo, 1h40
Genres Drama, Thriller, Romance
Actors Masahiro Motoki, Naoto Takenaka, Teruyuki Kagawa, Julie Dreyfus, Shirō Sano, Michiko Hada
Rating65% 3.2949653.2949653.2949653.2949653.294965
In an animated introduction a man hides in a nagamochi while playing hide and seek with neighboring children, but he is locked in and can hardly breathe. When his wife comes home he manages to make a noise and she opens the lid to the trunk, and instead shuts it again.
Proof of the Man
Directed by Jun'ya Satō
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Yūsaku Matsuda, George Kennedy, Mariko Okada, Bunjaku Han, Joe Yamanaka, Toshiro Mifune
Roles Shibue, Assistant Lieutenant
Rating65% 3.2960753.2960753.2960753.2960753.296075
A young black man (Joe Yamanaka) from New York receives a sum of money. He buys new clothes and takes a flight to Japan. After he arrives, he is found fatally stabbed in a lift in a Tokyo hotel at the same time as a fashion show by designer Kyōko Yasugi (Mariko Okada) is being held. The police department, including Munesue (Yūsaku Matsuda) and his partner (Hajime Hana), come to investigate. The only clue is the dying man's last words "straw hat". At the same time, a woman having an extramarital affair, Naomi (Bunjaku Han), is accidentally run over by Yasugi's son (Kōichi Iwaki). He and his girlfriend dump her body in the sea, but drops his watch at the scene. He is haunted by his actions and confesses to his mother, Kyōko, who suggests he flees to New York with his girlfriend.

Director

Battle Royale II: Requiem, 2h13
Directed by Kinji Fukasaku, Kenta Fukasaku
Origin Japon
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Action, Horror
Themes Political films, Dystopian films
Actors Tatsuya Fujiwara, Ai Maeda, Shugo Oshinari, Yuma Ishigaki, Sonny Chiba, Miyuki Kanbe
Rating46% 2.303892.303892.303892.303892.30389
Three years after the events of the first film, the survivors of previous Battle Royales have formed a rebel group called the Wild Seven which is led by Shuya Nanahara. A class of teenagers from Shikanotoride Junior High School (鹿之砦中学校, Shikanotoride Chūgakkō) are kidnapped by the Japanese government. Instead of stereotypically studious Japanese students, these ninth graders are “a ragtag collection of delinquents and losers from all over Japan,” including tough-guy rugby players and punks with dyed hair. More importantly, many are orphans whose parents or family died in bombings by the Wild Seven. After their school bus is diverted to an army base, the students are herded into a cage, surrounded by armed guards, and confronted by their schoolteacher, Riki Takeuchi, who lays down the ground rules of the new Battle Royale game. Wild Seven is hiding out on a deserted island (filmed on Hashima Island), and instead of being forced to kill each other, as in the old Battle Royale, the students are sent off to war and ordered to attack the terrorist group’s hideout en masse and kill Shuya within 72 hours. Most of the students are not interested in being forced to avenge their families, but they are coerced to fight through exploding metal collars, which their captors can detonate by remote control. The teacher shows them a line in the caged classroom: those who wish to participate are instructed to cross the line, while those who refuse to participate will be killed. The students are put into 'pairs'; if one student dies, then his or her partner will be killed via collar detonation.
Battle Royale, 1h54
Directed by Kinji Fukasaku
Origin Japon
Genres Drama, Thriller, Social science fiction, Action, Adventure, Horror
Themes Films about education, Films about children, Seafaring films, Transport films, Films based on science fiction novels, Political films, Dystopian films
Actors Tatsuya Fujiwara, Aki Maeda, Masanobu Ando, Tarō Yamamoto, Chiaki Kuriyama, Kō Shibasaki
Rating74% 3.7481453.7481453.7481453.7481453.748145
Japanese middle school student Shuya Nanahara copes with life after his father's suicide. Meanwhile, schoolmate Noriko Nakagawa is the only student attending class 3-B. Their teacher, Kitano, resigns after being impulsively attacked by a student.
The Geisha House, 1h53
Directed by Kinji Fukasaku
Genres Drama
Actors Sumiko Fuji, Kaho Minami, Masahiko Tsugawa (津川 雅彦), Mariko Okada, Takeshi Katō, Takashi Sasano
Rating69% 3.4785453.4785453.4785453.4785453.478545
La jeune Tokiko travaille dans une maison de geisha en tant que femme de ménage, attendant le début de sa pratique de maiko (apprentie geisha). Le film dépeint en détail le mode de vie des geishas à cette époque (1950-60), montrant leurs règles, leurs amours, leurs beautés et leurs sciences humaines.
Crest of Betrayal, 1h46
Directed by Kinji Fukasaku
Genres Drama, Fantasy, Action, Horror, Historical
Actors Koichi Sato, Saki Takaoka, Keiko Oginome, Tsunehiko Watase, Eriko Watanabe, Shōhei Hino
Rating63% 3.192383.192383.192383.192383.19238
Pour épouser une riche héritière, un homme, objet d'une manipulation sournoise, empoisonne sa femme. Le fantôme de celle-ci revient le hanter.
The Triple Cross
Directed by Kinji Fukasaku
Genres Drama, Action, Crime
Actors Keiko Oginome, Sonny Chiba, Yoshio Harada, Renji Ishibashi, Kirin Kiki, Yumi Takigawa
Rating64% 3.241943.241943.241943.241943.24194
Quand trois gangsters vieillissants se réunissent pour un casse, chacun a ses raisons : Imura croule sous les dettes, Shiba a une jeune maitresse, Kanizaki est le chef de gang.
Sure Death 4
Directed by Kinji Fukasaku
Genres Drama
Actors Makoto Fujita, Ken Nishida, Kin Sugai, Mitsuko Baishō, Hideo Murota, Hitomi Kobayashi..
Rating68% 3.443653.443653.443653.443653.44365
Shirô Amakusa, chef des insurgés catholiques tués par le Shogunat lors du massacre de Shimabara, revient à la vie à l'aide de pouvoirs démoniaques.
House on Fire, 2h12
Directed by Kinji Fukasaku
Genres Drama
Actors Ken Ogata, Ayumi Ishida, Mieko Harada, Keiko Matsuzaka, Fumi Dan, Hiroyuki Sanada
Rating69% 3.462353.462353.462353.462353.46235
Dans les années 50, l'histoire mouvementée d'un écrivain dispersé entre sa vie familiale, son travail et ses rendez-vous avec les nombreuses maîtresses qu'il entretient.
Shanghai Vance King
Directed by Kinji Fukasaku
Genres Drama, Musical
Actors Keiko Matsuzaka, Morio Kazama, Etsuko Shihomi, Mitsuru Hirata, Isao Natsuyagi
Rating63% 3.1572253.1572253.1572253.1572253.157225
La saga mélodramatique de deux couples de musiciens de jazz japonais à Shangaï pendant la seconde guerre mondiale.
Legend of the Eight Samurai, 2h16
Directed by Kinji Fukasaku
Genres Drama, Fantasy, Action, Adventure, Horror
Themes Seafaring films, Sports films, Transport films, Martial arts films, Samurai films
Actors Hiroko Yakushimaru, Hiroyuki Sanada, Sonny Chiba, Masaki Kyomoto, Minori Terada, Etsuko Shihomi
Rating63% 3.193523.193523.193523.193523.19352
The story follows Princess Shizu (Hiroko Yakushimaru), her family slain and on the run from her enemies. As she escapes she is found by the vagabond Shinbei (Hiroyuki Sanada), before being rescued from her pursuers by Dōsetsu (Sonny Chiba). He tells her the legend of a curse on her family, and of eight beads that identify eight dog-warriors who can lift it, of which he and his companion are two. To defeat the evil queen Tamazusa (Mari Natsuki) who killed her family, they must find all eight. But Shinbei hears of Princess Shizu's identity, and vows to collect the reward for capturing her.
Lovers Lost, 2h3
Directed by Kinji Fukasaku
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Keiko Matsuzaka, Hiroyuki Sanada, Koichi Sato, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Mariko Kaga, Tsunehiko Watase
Rating63% 3.192923.192923.192923.192923.19292
Kunihiko est étudiant, un soir, alors qu'il peint sur un des ponts de la rivière Dotonbori, il rencontre Machiko.
Fall Guy
Fall Guy (1982)
, 1h49
Directed by Kinji Fukasaku
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors Morio Kazama, Keiko Matsuzaka, Mitsuru Hirata, Keizō Kanie, Nagare Hagiwara, Sonny Chiba
Rating68% 3.433863.433863.433863.433863.43386
Une star de film de samouraïs sur le déclin, Ginshiro, rencontre une jeune fan, Makoto. Il profitera de la jeune fille pour se sortir de plusieurs situations délicates et voir, de se servir de ses fans pour le doubler dans une cascade des plus dangereuses.