The films of Kinji Fukasaku - Blu-ray Forum

retask · 01-01-2010, 10:35 PM

I have only recently heard about this japanese filmmaker. Whats his story? What films of his should I see?

KNOWxONE · 01-01-2010, 11:12 PM

The only two movies I know of from this director are "Battle Royale" and "Tora! Tora! Tora!." Battle Royale is supposed to be a cult classic, although I've yet to see it myself. Tora! Tora! Tora! depicts the bombing of Pearl Harbor; pretty good movie IMHO.

OrlandoEastwood · 01-01-2010, 11:52 PM

Battle Royale. However, most copies of the film that are out there is bootlegs. The official Japanese DVD does not have English subtitles. There's a UK, South Korean, Hong Kong, and Thai DVD that has English subs. The Thai DVD is supposedly in Full Frame, so avoid it. The UK is in PAL and I hear the ghosting of the extra frame makes it rough to watch.

fletchlives · 01-02-2010, 12:35 AM

He did some pretty good stuff back in the 70's. The Yakuza Papers is really good. It's actually five movies that are kind of the Yakuza version of The Godafather as it follows a crime family through a couple of a decades. He did a bunch of other Yakuza crime films and I've seen a few, and he's done a bunch of movies with Sonny Chiba which is how I got started into watching his films.

Sagacious Koreo · 01-02-2010, 12:41 AM

The Yakuza Papers is essential. Battle Royale would come in second.

OrlandoEastwood · 01-02-2010, 04:20 AM

He also did Virus: Resurrection Day, which is just known as Virus here in the US. The full, uncut Japanese/English version can be found in the Sonny Chiba Action Pack with Golgo 13 and Bullet Train. Virus is also in the Public Domain here in the US so there's some cheap dollar bin copies out there. Avoid these; they are in Full Frame and it's the US Edit which removes about an hour of footage from the film.

01-01-2010, 10:35 PM	#1
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01-01-2010, 11:12 PM	#2
KNOWxONE Member Member since:Sep 2008 Location:Honozoolu, Hawaii 4K collection:43 Blu-ray collection:73	The only two movies I know of from this director are "Battle Royale" and "Tora! Tora! Tora!." Battle Royale is supposed to be a cult classic, although I've yet to see it myself. Tora! Tora! Tora! depicts the bombing of Pearl Harbor; pretty good movie IMHO.

01-01-2010, 11:52 PM	#3
OrlandoEastwood Blu-ray Champion Top contributor Member since:Jun 2008 Location:R-Point Blu-ray reviews:86 Trading Score:24	Battle Royale. However, most copies of the film that are out there is bootlegs. The official Japanese DVD does not have English subtitles. There's a UK, South Korean, Hong Kong, and Thai DVD that has English subs. The Thai DVD is supposedly in Full Frame, so avoid it. The UK is in PAL and I hear the ghosting of the extra frame makes it rough to watch.

01-02-2010, 12:35 AM	#4
fletchlives Active Member Member since:Apr 2008 Location:Detroit, Michigan 4K collection:231 Blu-ray collection:789 DVD collection:531 Blu-ray reviews:4	He did some pretty good stuff back in the 70's. The Yakuza Papers is really good. It's actually five movies that are kind of the Yakuza version of The Godafather as it follows a crime family through a couple of a decades. He did a bunch of other Yakuza crime films and I've seen a few, and he's done a bunch of movies with Sonny Chiba which is how I got started into watching his films.

01-02-2010, 12:41 AM	#5
Sagacious Koreo Blu-ray Guru Top contributor Member since:May 2009 Blu-ray collection:685 Trading Score:3	The Yakuza Papers is essential. Battle Royale would come in second.

01-02-2010, 04:20 AM	#6
OrlandoEastwood Blu-ray Champion Top contributor Member since:Jun 2008 Location:R-Point Blu-ray reviews:86 Trading Score:24	He also did Virus: Resurrection Day, which is just known as Virus here in the US. The full, uncut Japanese/English version can be found in the Sonny Chiba Action Pack with Golgo 13 and Bullet Train. Virus is also in the Public Domain here in the US so there's some cheap dollar bin copies out there. Avoid these; they are in Full Frame and it's the US Edit which removes about an hour of footage from the film.

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