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  • Shogun's Samurai
  • Shogun's Samurai review by Stevieb47 from poole
    Rated - 5 stars Epic Stuff 30 January 2005
    ...Kinji Fukasaku was one of Japan's most prolific directors - its ironic that his breakthrough movie in the West was the last one he made before his death at the age of 73 - th...  

Kinji Fukasaku - filmography


  • The Triple Cross on DVD (1992)
    Starring: Sonny Chiba,  Kenichi Hagiwara,  Kazuya Kimura
    Director: Kinji Fukasaku
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    In Kenji Fukasaku's darkly comic crime film, THE TRIPLE CROSS, a trio of aging gangsters (Sonny Chiba, Kenichi Hagiwara, and Renji Ishibashi) face off against younger thugs and pull a heist that's complicated by numerous betrayals and conflicts.
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 54% from 175 members
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  • Sure Death Revenge on DVD (1987)
    Starring: Makoto Fujita,  Kunihiko Mitamura,  Hiroaki Murakami
    Director: Kinji Fukasaku
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    A gang of wild samurai start terrorising the local peasants and Mondo Nakamura and his band of assassins must team up with eccentric top spinning avenger Bunshichi (Sonny Chiba) to stop them. But the samurai are only the start of the corruption that may lead all the way to the Shogun himself!
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 44% from 66 members
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  • Virus on DVD (1980)
    Starring: Glenn Ford,  Robert Vaughn,  Olivia Hussey
    Director: Kinji Fukasaku
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    As the result of a private plane crash, a deadly chemical warfare weapon is unleashed on the unsuspecting world. Soon thereafter, the only humans left alive are the members of international antarctic research teams.
    Rate this: 2 stars out of 5 43% from 285 members
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  • Graveyard Of Honour on DVD (1975)
    Starring: Junko Fuji,  Mai Kitajima,  Kaho Minami
    Director: Kinji Fukasaku
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Kinji Fukasaku presents another yakuza thriller with GRAVEYARD OF HONOUR. Rikio Ishikawa finds himself in hiding from the entire Yakuza world after he attacks his Godfather, he is forced into hiding, but there he plots his return to power...
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 57% from 234 members
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  • Yakuza Papers on DVD (1973)
    Starring: Bunta Sugawara,  Hiroki Matsukata
    Director: Kinji Fukasaku
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    This Japanese yakuza film, starring Bunta Sugawara, has been likened to THE GODFATHER, as it follows a group of gangsters struggling for power and survival.
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 58% from 210 members
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  • Japan Organised Crime Boss on DVD (1969)
    Starring: Bunta Sugawara,  Koji Tsurata,  Noboru Ando
    Director: Kinji Fukasaku
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    When Yokohama Yakuza member Tsukamoto is released from jail, he plans on a quiet life away from the criminal underworld. However, when his boss is assassinated as part of a vicious power struggle between rival Yakuza clans, he is forced to act.
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 57% from 150 members
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Kinji Fukasaku facts

5 most recent films

Battle Royale 2 - Requiem - 2.5 stars
Battle Royale - 3.5 stars
The Geisha House - 3.0 stars
The Triple Cross - 2.5 stars
Sure Death Revenge - 2.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

Battle Royale - 3.5 stars
Tora! Tora! Tora! - 3.5 stars
Shogun's Samurai - 3.0 stars
Yakuza Papers - 3.0 stars
Graveyard Of Honour - 3.0 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Fukasaku Trilogy - 2.5 stars
Virus - 2.0 stars
Sure Death Revenge - 2.5 stars
Battle Royale 2 - Requiem - 2.5 stars
Street Mobster - 2.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Bunta Sugawara - 4 times - show films
Hiroki Matsukata - 4 times - show films
Fujiwara Tatsuya - 4 times - show films
Takeshi Kitano - 3 times - show films
Yamamoto Taro - 3 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Richard Fleischer - 1 times - show films
Toshio Masu - 1 times - show films
Kenta Fukasaku - 1 times - show films