He is the son of film director Kinji Fukasaku and actress Sanae Nakahara.
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.
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.