Kōji Wakamatsu

Birthday: 1936-04-01
Deathday: 2012-10-17
Birthplace: Wakuya, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan
Gender: Male
Owned By: Unowned

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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Credits

Year Title Character
2022-07-02 シネマスコーレを解剖する。 コロナなんかぶっ飛ばせ
2011-01-28 Pure Asia
2007-02-02 Prisoner/Terrorist
2006-11-04 What's a Director?
2006-08-26 Green Mind, Metal Bats Oji-san
2003-11-29 Mugen jigoku: Kyôaku kin'yûdô
2003-01-01 In the Realm of the Senses: Recalling the Film Interviewee
1998-01-01 Wind Wind spirit
1995-05-27 The Mystery of Rampo
1975-03-21 Shinjuku Maria Cameo
1967-02-21 Birth Control Revolution Weekly magazine photographer