Kōji Wakamatsu
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Kōji Wakamatsu, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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- 2022 · シネマスコーレを解剖する。 コロナなんかぶっ飛ばせ as
- 2016 · The Man Who Went Beyond Manga: Fujio Akatsuka as Himself (Archival Footage)
- 2011 · Pure Asia as
- 2011 · Pinku Eiga: Inside the Pleasure Dome of Japanese Erotic Cinema as Self
- 2007 · Prisoner/Terrorist as
- 2006 · What's a Director? as
- 2006 · Green Mind, Metal Bats as Oji-san
- 2004 · Pink Ribbon as Himself
- 2003 · Mugen jigoku: Kyôaku kin'yûdô as
- 2003 · In the Realm of the Senses: Recalling the Film as Interviewee
- 2002 · Under the Skin as Himself
- 1998 · Wind as Wind spirit
- 1995 · The Mystery of Rampo as
- 1975 · Shinjuku Maria as Cameo
- 1967 · Birth Control Revolution as Weekly magazine photographer