1930 - 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 (1973–1976). According to the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, "his turbulent energy and at times extreme violence express a cynical critique of social conditions and genuine sympathy for those left out of Japan's postwar prosperity." He used a cinema verite-inspired shaky camera technique in many of his films from the early 1970s.Fukasaku wrote and directed over 60 films between 1961 and 2003. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Kinji Fukasaku has received more than 437,670 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Kinji Fukasaku is the 322nd most popular film director (up from 378th in 2019), the 445th most popular biography from Japan (up from 589th in 2019) and the 15th most popular Japanese Film Director.
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Among film directors, Kinji Fukasaku ranks 322 out of 1,581. Before him are Sven Nykvist, Paolo Sorrentino, Menahem Golan, Claude Sautet, Jiří Trnka, and Francis Veber. After him are Eldar Ryazanov, Tengiz Abuladze, Saul Bass, Elem Klimov, Jerome Robbins, and Jan de Bont.
1922 - 2006
HPI: 56.98
Rank: 316
1970 - Present
HPI: 56.97
Rank: 317
1929 - 2014
HPI: 56.96
Rank: 318
1924 - 2000
HPI: 56.92
Rank: 319
1912 - 1969
HPI: 56.92
Rank: 320
1937 - Present
HPI: 56.87
Rank: 321
1930 - 2003
HPI: 56.86
Rank: 322
1927 - 2015
HPI: 56.86
Rank: 323
1924 - 1994
HPI: 56.86
Rank: 324
1920 - 1996
HPI: 56.84
Rank: 325
1933 - 2003
HPI: 56.83
Rank: 326
1918 - 1998
HPI: 56.81
Rank: 327
1943 - Present
HPI: 56.80
Rank: 328
Among people born in 1930, Kinji Fukasaku ranks 122. Before him are William C. Campbell, Sergiu Nicolaescu, John Frankenheimer, Rahmon Nabiyev, John Young, and Tanya Savicheva. After him are Ted Hughes, Magdalena Abakanowicz, Frank Lucas, Yves Rocher, Ruth Rendell, and Mary Quant. Among people deceased in 2003, Kinji Fukasaku ranks 69. Before him are Michael P. Anderson, Moktar Ould Daddah, Alan Bates, Donald O'Connor, Uday Hussein, and Fred Rogers. After him are Elem Klimov, Michael Jeter, Kalpana Chawla, Michael Kamen, Valeriy Brumel, and Fritz Fischer.
1930 - Present
HPI: 57.15
Rank: 116
1930 - 2013
HPI: 57.13
Rank: 117
1930 - 2002
HPI: 57.09
Rank: 118
1930 - 1993
HPI: 57.01
Rank: 119
1930 - 2018
HPI: 56.94
Rank: 120
1930 - 1944
HPI: 56.89
Rank: 121
1930 - 2003
HPI: 56.86
Rank: 122
1930 - 1998
HPI: 56.80
Rank: 123
1930 - 2017
HPI: 56.79
Rank: 124
1930 - 2019
HPI: 56.77
Rank: 125
1930 - 2009
HPI: 56.76
Rank: 126
1930 - 2015
HPI: 56.74
Rank: 127
1930 - Present
HPI: 56.67
Rank: 128
1959 - 2003
HPI: 57.72
Rank: 63
1924 - 2003
HPI: 57.65
Rank: 64
1934 - 2003
HPI: 57.59
Rank: 65
1925 - 2003
HPI: 57.40
Rank: 66
1964 - 2003
HPI: 57.18
Rank: 67
1928 - 2003
HPI: 57.08
Rank: 68
1930 - 2003
HPI: 56.86
Rank: 69
1933 - 2003
HPI: 56.83
Rank: 70
1952 - 2003
HPI: 56.76
Rank: 71
1961 - 2003
HPI: 56.75
Rank: 72
1948 - 2003
HPI: 56.71
Rank: 73
1942 - 2003
HPI: 56.28
Rank: 74
1912 - 2003
HPI: 56.23
Rank: 75
Among people born in Japan, Kinji Fukasaku ranks 445 out of 6,048. Before him are Emperor Ninmyō (808), Takeda Sōkaku (1859), Emperor Montoku (827), Morihiro Hosokawa (1938), Chikamatsu Monzaemon (1653), and Shiro Misaki (null). After him are Ashikaga Yoshiteru (1536), Hiroyoshi Nishizawa (1920), Rei Kawakubo (1942), Yasuji Okamura (1884), Emperor Go-Horikawa (1212), and Emperor Jomei (593).
808 - 850
HPI: 56.97
Rank: 439
1859 - 1943
HPI: 56.97
Rank: 440
827 - 858
HPI: 56.93
Rank: 441
1938 - Present
HPI: 56.91
Rank: 442
1653 - 1725
HPI: 56.89
Rank: 443
HPI: 56.87
Rank: 444
1930 - 2003
HPI: 56.86
Rank: 445
1536 - 1565
HPI: 56.85
Rank: 446
1920 - 1944
HPI: 56.84
Rank: 447
1942 - Present
HPI: 56.82
Rank: 448
1884 - 1966
HPI: 56.81
Rank: 449
1212 - 1234
HPI: 56.80
Rank: 450
593 - 641
HPI: 56.78
Rank: 451
Among film directors born in Japan, Kinji Fukasaku ranks 15. Before him are Shohei Imamura (1926), Hideaki Anno (1960), Franklin J. Schaffner (1920), Ishirō Honda (1911), Mikio Naruse (1905), and Satoshi Kon (1963). After him are Makoto Shinkai (1973), Mamoru Oshii (1951), Kaneto Shindo (1912), Hirokazu Kore-eda (1962), Hiroshi Inagaki (1905), and Kon Ichikawa (1915).
1926 - 2006
HPI: 60.74
Rank: 9
1960 - Present
HPI: 58.52
Rank: 10
1920 - 1989
HPI: 58.22
Rank: 11
1911 - 1993
HPI: 57.24
Rank: 12
1905 - 1969
HPI: 57.17
Rank: 13
1963 - 2010
HPI: 57.14
Rank: 14
1930 - 2003
HPI: 56.86
Rank: 15
1973 - Present
HPI: 56.58
Rank: 16
1951 - Present
HPI: 56.51
Rank: 17
1912 - 2012
HPI: 55.25
Rank: 18
1962 - Present
HPI: 55.09
Rank: 19
1905 - 1980
HPI: 54.71
Rank: 20
1915 - 2008
HPI: 54.49
Rank: 21