FILM DIRECTOR

Kinji Fukasaku

1930 - 2003

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Kinji Fukasaku (Japanese: 深作 欣二, Hepburn: 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 (1973–1976). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Kinji Fukasaku has received more than 558,205 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Kinji Fukasaku is the 362nd most popular film director (down from 323rd in 2019), the 570th most popular biography from Japan (down from 443rd in 2019) and the 17th most popular Japanese Film Director.

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  • 62.66

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.34

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.87

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Kinji Fukasaku ranks 362 out of 2,041. Before him are Mikio Naruse, Clifford Odets, Juan Antonio Bardem, Jacques Feyder, Jacques Audiard, and Irvin Kershner. After him are Walerian Borowczyk, Ladislas Starevich, Jacques Doillon, Emilio Fernández, Jerzy Hoffman, and Veljko Bulajić.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1930, Kinji Fukasaku ranks 135. Before him are Georgiy Daneliya, Michel Rocard, Franzl Lang, Lina Kostenko, Marshall Sahlins, and Fritz Wunderlich. After him are Ahmed Zaki Yamani, Ahmad Shah of Pahang, Frank Lucas, Dündar Ali Osman, Guy Ligier, and James Baker. Among people deceased in 2003, Kinji Fukasaku ranks 81. Before him are Fritz Fischer, Ramón Serrano Suñer, Guy Thys, Oleg Grigoryevich Makarov, Janko Bobetko, and Mohammed Dib. After him are David Hemmings, André Claveau, Michael Kamen, Qusay Hussein, Sébastien Japrisot, and Mohamed Choukri.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Kinji Fukasaku ranks 570 out of 6,245. Before him are Sakanoue no Tamuramaro (758), Shintaro Ishihara (1932), Uesugi Kagekatsu (1556), Tokizo Ichihashi (1909), Yanosuke Watanabe (null), and Emperor Suzaku (923). After him are Senhime (1597), Doppo Kunikida (1871), Emperor Murakami (926), Masaaki Hatsumi (1931), Koji Funamoto (1942), and Yasukazu Tanaka (1933).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Japan

Among film directors born in Japan, Kinji Fukasaku ranks 17. Before him are Hideaki Anno (1960), Franklin J. Schaffner (1920), Makoto Shinkai (1973), Mamoru Oshii (1951), Satoshi Kon (1963), and Mikio Naruse (1905). After him are Ishirō Honda (1911), Kaneto Shindo (1912), Kon Ichikawa (1915), Takashi Miike (1960), Yoshiyuki Tomino (1941), and Hiroshi Teshigahara (1927).

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