Kenta Fukasaku
Japanese filmmaker and screenwriter (born 1972)
- Kinji Fukasaku (father)
- Sanae Nakahara (mother)
Kenta Fukasaku (深作 健太, Fukasaku Kenta, born September 15, 1972 in Tokyo) is a Japanese filmmaker and screenwriter. He is the son of film director Kinji Fukasaku and actress Sanae Nakahara.
Biography
He made his writing debut in the popular Japanese cult film Battle Royale, which his father directed.[1] He wrote the screenplay to the sequel, Battle Royale II: Requiem, and took over directing when his father died of cancer. The film was released in Japan during the winter of 2003.
In 2005, he directed a film called Under the Same Moon (同じツキみている, Onaji tsuki o miteiru) which starred Battle Royale's Tarō Yamamoto. His adaptation of the manga Sukeban Deka was released in 2006, under the title Yo-Yo Girl Cop. He also directed horror film X-Cross.
Filmography
Actor
- The Challenge (1982)
Screenwriter
- Battle Royale (2000)
- Battle Royale II: Requiem (2003)
Director
- Battle Royale II: Requiem (2003)
- Under the Same Moon (2005)
- Yo-Yo Girl Cop (2006)
- X-Cross (2007)
- Rebellion: The Killing Isle (2008)
- Black Rat (2010)
- We Can't Change the World. But, We Wanna Build a School in Cambodia. (2011)
- My Summertime Map (2013)
- Ken to Merii: Ameagari no Yozora ni (2013)
References
- ^ "Alright already, enough is enough. 'Battle Royale' being converted to 3D". Bloody Disgusting. 17 May 2010.
External links
- Kenta Fukasaku at IMDb
- Kenta Fukasaku at the Japanese Movie Database (in Japanese)
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Films directed by Kenta Fukasaku
- Battle Royale II: Requiem (2003)
- Under the Same Moon (2005)
- Yo-Yo Girl Cop (2006)
- X-Cross (2007)
- Black Rat (2010)
- We Can't Change the World. But, We Wanna Build a School in Cambodia. (2011)
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