
Kōji Wakamatsu
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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Acting History
2022
シネマスコーレを解剖する。 コロナなんかぶっ飛ばせ
2016The Man Who Went Beyond Manga: Fujio Akatsuka as Self (archive footage)
2011Pure Asia
2011Pinku Eiga: Inside the Pleasure Dome of Japanese Erotic Cinema as Self
2009Shinjuku Legend: Nagisa Yoko Shinjuku Koma Gewa-gewa Recital
2007Prisoner/Terrorist
2006What's a Director?
2006Green Mind, Metal Bats as Oji-san
2004Pink Ribbon as Self
2003Incessant Hell: The Vile Road of Finance
2003In the Realm of the Senses: Recalling the Film as Interviewee
2002Under the Skin as Himself
1998Wind as Wind spirit
1995The Mystery of Rampo as Cameo
1975Shinjuku Maria as Cameo
1975Egg Delivery Man : Attack on Keishicho
1974Wet Dice as Customer
1969Running in Madness, Dying in Love as Sleigh driver
1967Birth Control Revolution as Weekly magazine photographer
1965Blood of Lust Is Dripping as Man wearing sunglasses








