Kinji Fukasaku

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  Message From Space

  Kinji Fukasaku

  PUBLISHED Apr 26, 2013

  Released in 1978, Message From Space was an obvious attempt by Japan's movie industry to cash in on the Star Wars phenomenon with a homegro...

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  Fall Guy

  Kinji Fukasaku

  PUBLISHED Mar 15, 2013

  Best known for the quirky, ultra-violent hipster hallmark, Battle Royale (it's often the only Japanese film pop culture gluttons have seen)...

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  Under the Flag of the Rising Sun

  Kinji Fukasaku

  PUBLISHED Jun 1, 2005

  The aftermath of WWII looms large over the films of Kinji Fukasaku, but nothing in his oeuvre is as explicit about the ghosts of war as thi...