1930 - 2003
Kinji Fukasaku (深作 欣二, Fukasaku Kinji, 3 July 1930 – 12 January 2003) was a Japanese film director and screenwriter who rose to prominence with a series of yakuza films. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Kinji Fukasaku has received more than 391,423 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Kinji Fukasaku is the 378th most popular film director (down from 374th in 2019), the 589th most popular biography from Japan (up from 591st in 2019) and the 18th most popular Japanese Film Director.
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Among film directors, Kinji Fukasaku ranks 378 out of 1,580. Before him are Denis Villeneuve, Hideaki Anno, Richard Thorpe, Neil Jordan, Jan de Bont, and Alexander Korda. After him are Hirokazu Kore-eda, Alexandre Astruc, Jan Troell, Jörn Donner, John McTiernan, and Philippe Garrel.
1967 - Present
HPI: 65.75
Rank: 372
1960 - Present
HPI: 65.74
Rank: 373
1896 - 1991
HPI: 65.73
Rank: 374
1950 - Present
HPI: 65.68
Rank: 375
1943 - Present
HPI: 65.67
Rank: 376
1893 - 1956
HPI: 65.67
Rank: 377
1930 - 2003
HPI: 65.65
Rank: 378
1962 - Present
HPI: 65.59
Rank: 379
1923 - 2016
HPI: 65.59
Rank: 380
1931 - Present
HPI: 65.57
Rank: 381
1933 - 2020
HPI: 65.55
Rank: 382
1951 - Present
HPI: 65.54
Rank: 383
1948 - Present
HPI: 65.53
Rank: 384
Among people born in 1930, Kinji Fukasaku ranks 141. Before him are Michel Rocard, Marshall Sahlins, Lina Kostenko, Vilma Espín, Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada, and Robert Culp. After him are Rudolf E. Kálmán, Clifford Brown, Miljan Miljanić, Ilon Wikland, Rahmon Nabiyev, and Manuel Marulanda. Among people deceased in 2003, Kinji Fukasaku ranks 83. Before him are Prince Carl Bernadotte, Howard Fast, Guy Thys, Charles Berlitz, Donald O'Connor, and Mario Merz. After him are Massimo Girotti, Neil Postman, Sébastien Japrisot, Eizo Yuguchi, Wendy Hiller, and Vasil Bykaŭ.
1930 - 2016
HPI: 66.02
Rank: 135
1930 - Present
HPI: 66.00
Rank: 136
1930 - Present
HPI: 65.88
Rank: 137
1930 - 2007
HPI: 65.87
Rank: 138
1930 - Present
HPI: 65.79
Rank: 139
1930 - 2010
HPI: 65.75
Rank: 140
1930 - 2003
HPI: 65.65
Rank: 141
1930 - 2016
HPI: 65.63
Rank: 142
1930 - 1956
HPI: 65.50
Rank: 143
1930 - 2012
HPI: 65.47
Rank: 144
1930 - Present
HPI: 65.36
Rank: 145
1930 - 1993
HPI: 65.26
Rank: 146
1930 - 2008
HPI: 65.26
Rank: 147
1911 - 2003
HPI: 65.89
Rank: 77
1914 - 2003
HPI: 65.88
Rank: 78
1922 - 2003
HPI: 65.76
Rank: 79
1913 - 2003
HPI: 65.72
Rank: 80
1925 - 2003
HPI: 65.71
Rank: 81
1925 - 2003
HPI: 65.67
Rank: 82
1930 - 2003
HPI: 65.65
Rank: 83
1918 - 2003
HPI: 65.44
Rank: 84
1931 - 2003
HPI: 65.43
Rank: 85
1931 - 2003
HPI: 65.40
Rank: 86
1945 - 2003
HPI: 65.33
Rank: 87
1912 - 2003
HPI: 65.29
Rank: 88
1924 - 2003
HPI: 65.23
Rank: 89
Among people born in Japan, Kinji Fukasaku ranks 589 out of 5,560. Before him are Sessue Hayakawa (1886), Nitobe Inazō (1862), Shotaro Ishinomori (1938), Yasutaka Tsutsui (1934), Shinichi Suzuki (1898), and Emperor Murakami (926). After him are Hajime Sugiyama (1880), Yamamoto Kansuke (1493), Momoko Kōchi (1932), Shojiro Sugimura (1905), Shō Tai (1843), and Minamoto no Sanetomo (1192).
1886 - 1973
HPI: 65.71
Rank: 583
1862 - 1933
HPI: 65.70
Rank: 584
1938 - 1998
HPI: 65.69
Rank: 585
1934 - Present
HPI: 65.69
Rank: 586
1898 - 1998
HPI: 65.67
Rank: 587
926 - 967
HPI: 65.66
Rank: 588
1930 - 2003
HPI: 65.65
Rank: 589
1880 - 1945
HPI: 65.63
Rank: 590
1493 - 1561
HPI: 65.62
Rank: 591
1932 - 1998
HPI: 65.61
Rank: 592
1905 - 1975
HPI: 65.61
Rank: 593
1843 - 1901
HPI: 65.61
Rank: 594
1192 - 1219
HPI: 65.60
Rank: 595
Among film directors born in Japan, Kinji Fukasaku ranks 18. Before him are Makoto Shinkai (1973), Kon Ichikawa (1915), Mikio Naruse (1905), Satoshi Kon (1963), Mamoru Oshii (1951), and Hideaki Anno (1960). After him are Hirokazu Kore-eda (1962), Kaneto Shindo (1912), Yoji Yamada (1931), Hiroshi Inagaki (1905), Seijun Suzuki (1923), and Takashi Miike (1960).
1973 - Present
HPI: 66.88
Rank: 12
1915 - 2008
HPI: 66.55
Rank: 13
1905 - 1969
HPI: 66.55
Rank: 14
1963 - 2010
HPI: 66.35
Rank: 15
1951 - Present
HPI: 65.91
Rank: 16
1960 - Present
HPI: 65.74
Rank: 17
1930 - 2003
HPI: 65.65
Rank: 18
1962 - Present
HPI: 65.59
Rank: 19
1912 - 2012
HPI: 65.15
Rank: 20
1931 - Present
HPI: 64.98
Rank: 21
1905 - 1980
HPI: 64.76
Rank: 22
1923 - 2017
HPI: 64.37
Rank: 23
1960 - Present
HPI: 64.27
Rank: 24