Kōji Wakamatsu

Kōji Wakamatsu

1936-04-01 – 2012-10-17 (age 76) Wakuya, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan
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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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Known For

Pink Ribbon
Pink Ribbon

2004

as Self

Prisoner/Terrorist
What's a Director?
Running in Madness, Dying in Love
The Mystery of Rampo
Green Mind, Metal Bats
Green Mind, Metal Bats

2006

as Oji-san

The Man Who Went Beyond Manga: Fujio Akatsuka
Wet Dice
Wet Dice

1974

as Customer

Shinjuku Maria
Shinjuku Maria

1975

as Cameo

Blood of Lust Is Dripping
Blood of Lust Is Dripping

1965

as Man wearing sunglasses

Pure Asia
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Birth Control Revolution

1967

as Weekly magazine photographer

Under the Skin
Under the Skin

2002

as Himself

Wind
Wind

1998

as Wind spirit

In the Realm of the Senses: Recalling the Film