Kōji Wakamatsu
Director
Biography
Kōji Wakamatsu (若松孝二 Wakamatsu Kōji, 1 April 1936 – 17 October 2012) was a Japanese film director who directed such pinku eiga films as Ecstasy of the Angels (天使の恍惚 Tenshi no Kōkotsu, 1972) and Go, Go, Second Time Virgin (ゆけゆけ二度目の処女 Yuke Yuke Nidome no Shojo, 1969). He also produced Nagisa Ōshima's controversial film In the Realm of the Senses (1976). He has been called "the most important director to emerge in the pink film genre," and one of "Japan's leading directors of the 1960s."
His 2010 film, Caterpillar, was nominated for the Golden Bear at the 60th Berlin International Film Festival.
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Filmography
Green Mind, Metal Bats
as Oji-san 2006
Running in Madness, Dying in Love
as Sleigh driver 1969
Wet Dice
as Customer 1974
The Mystery of Rampo
as Cameo 1995
Pink Ribbon
as Self 2004
Prisoner/Terrorist
2007
Birth Control Revolution
as Weekly magazine photographer 1967
Shinjuku Maria
as Cameo 1975
Blood of Lust Is Dripping
as Man wearing sunglasses 1965
Pinku Eiga: Inside the Pleasure Dome of Japanese Erotic Cinema
as Self 2011
Under the Skin
as Himself 2002
Wind
as Wind spirit 1998
What's a Director?
2006
Incessant Hell: The Vile Road of Finance
2003
シネマスコーレを解剖する。 コロナなんかぶっ飛ばせ
2022
The Man Who Went Beyond Manga: Fujio Akatsuka
as Self (archive footage) 2016
In the Realm of the Senses: Recalling the Film
as Interviewee 2003