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 since the early 1970s.
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“I fear all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant and fill him with a terrible resolve.”
—Larry Forrester, U.S. screenwriter, Hideo Oguni, and Ryuzo Kikushima. Richard Fleischer, Toshio Masuda, Kinji Fukasaku. Admiral Yamamoto (Soh Yamamura)