---
name: "Kenta Fukasaku"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/kenta-fukasaku"
fi1m_id: "kenta-fukasaku"
imdb_id: "nm0297934"
tmdb_id: 31073
wikidata_id: "Q654110"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "15 September 1972"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 0
updated: "2026-09-17T22:42:29.489285+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Kenta Fukasaku

## Identity

Kenta Fukasaku

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/kenta-fukasaku
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** kenta-fukasaku
- **IMDb ID:** nm0297934
- **TMDB ID:** 31073
- **Wikidata ID:** Q654110
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenta_Fukasaku, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q654110, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0297934/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/31073

Producer. Born 15 September 1972 in Tokyo, Japan.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 15 September 1972, Tokyo, Japan
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenta_Fukasaku, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q654110, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0297934/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/31073

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Battle Royale*](https://film.one/film/battle-royale.md) (83)

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## Biography

Kenta Fukasaku is a Japanese film director and screenwriter. Born on 15 September 1972 in Tokyo, he is the son of director Kinji Fukasaku and actress Sanae Nakahara. He graduated from Seijo University.

Fukasaku wrote the screenplay for *Battle Royale* (2000), directed by his father. Following Kinji Fukasaku's death during production of the sequel, he completed *Battle Royale II: Requiem* (2003) as director and screenwriter. His other directorial credits include *Under the Same Moon* (2005), *Yo-Yo Girl Cop* (2006) and *X-Cross* (2007).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, nme.com, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Battle Royale* (2000), Fi1m 83, Screenplay, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/battle-royale.md)

## Complete filmography (16)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Ken and Mary: The Asian Truck Express* (2013), Director
- *My Summertime Map* (2013), Director
- *Black Report* (2012), Director
- *We Can't Change the World, But We Wanna Build a School in Cambodia* (2011), Director
- *Blade* (2011), series, Writer
- *Black Rat* (2010), Director
- *Perfect Education: A Maid for You* (2010), Director
- *Kill* (2008), Director
- *X-Cross* (2007), Director
- *Yo-Yo Girl Cop* (2006), Director
- *Under the Same Moon* (2005), Director
- *Battle Royale II: Requiem* (2003), Screenplay, Director, Producer
- *Battle Royale* (2000), Screenplay, Producer — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/battle-royale.md)
- *The Geisha House* (1999), Assistant Director
- *Diary of Early Winter Shower* (1998), Assistant Director
- *The Challenge* (1982), as Jiro

## Awards

### Other awards — 1 won

- Mainichi Film Award for Best Screenplay 2004: Mainichi Film Award for Best Screenplay (won), for *Battle Royale II: Requiem*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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