Fukasaku is also famous for choosing Hideo MUROTA, who had been deprived of any chance to appear on television, and Takuzo KAWATANI and Masaru SHIGA, who had been buried in supporting cast roles and making them known as the 'Piranha Platoon.'
干されていた室田日出男、大部屋でくすぶっていた川谷拓三、志賀勝らを抜擢し、「ピラニア軍団」として知らしめたことも有名である。