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Kinji Fukasaku Filmography

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Battle Royale (2000)

As Japan's economy is on the verge of collapsing and the quality of life dwindles...

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Street Mobster (1972)

In the gritty cinematic universe of Kinji Fukasaku's "Street Mobster" (1972), we meet Okita, a...

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Samurai Reincarnation (1981)

In the shadowy aftermath of a brutal massacre, a samurai named Amakusa Shiro Tokaisada, once...

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The Green Slime (1968)

A giant asteroid is heading toward Earth so some astronauts disembark from a nearby space...

Poster of Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War (1973)

Yakuza boss Shozo Hirono must choose his alliances carefully as the local gangster family affiliations...

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Message from Space (1978)

In this Star Wars take-off, the peaceful planet of Jillucia has been nearly wiped out...

Poster of Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode (1974)

While Hirono is in prison, his rival Takeda turns his own crime organization into a...

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Graveyard of Honor (1975)

A look at the life of renegade yakuza, Rikio Ishikawa, particularly the years from 1946...

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Legend of the Eight Samurai (1983)

Eight mysterious crystals from the body of a long-dead princess now identify the eight samurai...

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Shadow Warriors (1980)

A band of ninjas has been forced to stand back and covertly go into business...

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Cops vs. Thugs (1975)

Acting boss Hirotani of the Ohara gang uses his friendship with corrupt cop Kuno to...

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Yakuza Graveyard (1976)

When a cop is transferred to a new precinct it is obvious that the area's...

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Miwa: A Japanese Icon (2013)

“In the 1960s, Japan's most popular actress was… a man”