Kinji Fukasaku

Who was Kinji Fukasaku?

Kinji Fukasaku 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, the Japanese portion of the Hollywood film Tora! Tora! Tora!, and his final film Battle Royale. He is also known for his trademark shaky camera technique, which he used extensively in many of his films from the early 1970s.