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Kōji Wakamatsu

1936 - 2012 (age 76) • Directing

Kōji Wakamatsu (若松孝二 , 1 April 1936 – 17 October 2012) was a Japanese film director who directed such pinku eiga ('pink films') as Ecstasy of the Angels (1972) and Go, Go, Second Time Virgin (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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In the Realm of the Senses

66%

Production Manager

1976

Go, Go Second Time Virgin

67%

Director

1969

Violated Angels

62%

Director

1967

The Embryo Hunts in Secret

59%

Director

1966

Caterpillar

63%

Director

2010

United Red Army

64%

Director

2007

Ecstasy of the Angels

52%

Director

1972

Violent Virgin

58%

Director

1969

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

100%

Self (archive footage)

2016

The Millennial Rapture

40%

Director

2012

The Millennial Rapture

40%

Producer

2012

11.25 The Day He Chose His Own Fate

52%

Director

2012

11.25 The Day He Chose His Own Fate

52%

Executive Producer

2012

Petrel Hotel Blue

50%

Director

2012

Petrel Hotel Blue

50%

Writer

2012

Pure Asia

2011

Pinku Eiga: Inside the Pleasure Dome of Japanese Erotic Cinema

90%

Self

2011
Poster for Keitai Deka Zenigata Yui

Keitai Deka Zenigata Yui

Director

2010

Embryo

23%

Thanks

2010

Caterpillar

63%

Director

2010

Caterpillar

63%

Producer

2010

Shinjuku Legend: Nagisa Yoko Shinjuku Koma Gewa-gewa Recital

2009

United Red Army

64%

Director

2007

United Red Army

64%

Editor

2007

United Red Army

64%

Executive Producer

2007

United Red Army

64%

Writer

2007

Prisoner/Terrorist

50%
2007

What's a Director?

2006

Green Mind, Metal Bats

66%

Oji-san

2006

Cycling Chronicles: Landscapes the Boy Saw

47%

Story

2004

Cycling Chronicles: Landscapes the Boy Saw

47%

Director

2004

Cycling Chronicles: Landscapes the Boy Saw

47%

Producer

2004

Pink Ribbon

64%

Self

2004

Perfect Education 6

48%

Director

2004

Incessant Hell: The Vile Road of Finance

2003

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