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After graduating in 1953, Fukasaku became an assistant director at Toei in June 1954, where he worked under people such as Masahiro Makino and Yasushi Sasaki. [11] Fukasaku made his directorial debut in 1961 with the two featurettes Drifting Detective: Tragedy in the Red Valley and Drifting Detective: Black Wind in the Harbor , starring Sonny ...
Apr 9, 2001 · by Jasper Sharp, Tom Mes. He changed the face of Japanese action cinema forever with Battles Without Honour and Humanity and its many offspring in the early seventies, but the last two decades Kinji Fukasaku's career increasingly became that of a journeyman director, albeit a very successful one.
Jan 18, 2001 · Jan. 18, 2001 12 AM PT. TIMES STAFF WRITER. The American Cinematheque’s “Battles Without Honor & Humanity: The Films of Kinji Fukasaku” reveals the veteran Japanese filmmaker, now 70, as much...
Jan 27, 2003 · By Elaine Woo. Jan. 27, 2003 12 AM PT. Times Staff Writer. Kinji Fukasaku, a Japanese director hailed as one of his country’s living masters of cinema, whose 60 films ranged from outrageous...
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By MARK MAGNIER. Jan. 17, 2001 12 AM PT. TIMES STAFF WRITER. TOKYO — Most Americans who are familiar with Japanese director Kinji Fukasaku know his cult favorite “Black Lizard” and cheesy...
Jan 12, 2003 · Kinji Fukasaku (深作 欣二, 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 ...
Kinji Fukasaku went through the seventies as probably Japan's most revered director, thanks to his revisionist and highly successful takes on the gangster film with the Battles Without Honour and Humanity series (Jingi Naki Tatakai, 1973-'79) and their offspring (such as Cops vs Thugs / Kenkei Tai Soshiki Boryoku, 1975).
