1.3Directing

Kōji Wakamatsu

Apr 1, 1936 - Wakuya, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan

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 Credits

Credits

Cast

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

Crew

Media
Movie	1973	Off-Season Flowering	Producer	Production
Movie	1966	The Embryo Hunts in Secret	Director	Directing
Movie	1972	Ecstasy of the Angels	Director	Directing
Movie	2007	United Red Army	Director	Directing
Movie	2010	Caterpillar	Director	Directing
Movie	2010	Caterpillar	Producer	Production
Movie	1965	Secrets Behind the Wall	Director	Directing
Movie	1967	Sei no fukkatsu	Producer	Production
Movie	1982	A Pool Without Water	Director	Directing
Movie	1969	Go, Go Second Time Virgin	Director	Directing
Movie	1967	Violated Angels	Director	Directing
Movie	2012	11.25 The Day He Chose His Own Fate	Director	Directing
Movie	1970	Shinjuku Mad	Director	Directing
Movie	1969	Violence Without a Cause	Director	Directing
Movie	1969	Naked Bullet	Director	Directing
Movie	1971	The Woman Who Wanted to Die	Director	Directing
Movie	1969	Violent Virgin	Director	Directing
Movie	1978	Serial Rapist	Director	Directing
Movie	1970	Sex Jack	Director	Directing
Movie	1969	Season of Terror	Director	Directing
Movie	1992	Erotic Liaisons	Director	Directing
Movie	1969	Running in Madness, Dying in Love	Director	Directing
Movie	2004	Perfect Education 6	Director	Directing
Movie	2004	Cycling Chronicles: Landscapes the Boy Saw	Director	Directing
Movie	2004	Cycling Chronicles: Landscapes the Boy Saw	Story	Writing
Movie	2012	The Millennial Rapture	Director	Directing
Movie	2012	Petrel Hotel Blue	Writer	Writing
Movie	2012	Petrel Hotel Blue	Director	Directing
Movie	1971	Red Army/PFLP: Declaration of World War	Director	Directing
Movie	1971	Secret Flower	Director	Directing
Movie	1964	Kawaita hada	Director	Directing
Movie	1964	Ecstasy of Wickedness	Director	Directing
Movie	1964	Red Crime	Director	Directing
Movie	1965	Resume of Love Affairs	Director	Directing
Movie	1966	The Love Robots	Director	Directing
Movie	1969	Dark Story of a Sex Crime: Phantom Killer	Director	Directing
Movie	1970	High Noon Rape	Director	Directing
Movie	1972	Backside of 17	Director	Directing
Movie	1972	Contemporary History of Rape in Japan	Director	Directing
Movie	1969	Sex Play	Producer	Production
Movie	1968	A Womb to Let	Producer	Production
Movie	1974	Wet Dice	Director	Directing
Movie	1966	Blood Is Redder Than the Sun	Screenplay	Writing
Movie	1975	100 Years of Torture: The History	Director	Directing
Movie	1969	Violent Virgin	Producer	Production
Movie	1967	The Orgy	Director	Directing
Movie	1963	Sweet Trap	Director	Directing
Movie	1969	Running in Madness, Dying in Love	Producer	Production
Movie	1967	Vagabond of Sex	Director	Directing
Movie	1995	Endless Waltz	Director	Directing
Movie	1977	Torture Chronicles Continues: 100 Years	Director	Directing
Movie	2010	Embryo	Thanks	Crew
Movie	1982	A Pool Without Water	Executive Producer	Production
Movie	1977	Eros Eterna	Director	Directing
Movie	1977	Eros Eterna	Producer	Production
Movie	1968	A Womb to Let	Director	Directing
Movie	1990	Eternal Savannah: Roses' Tails	Director	Directing
Movie	1965	Perverse Relations	Director	Directing
Movie	1968	The Notorious Concubines	Director	Directing
Movie	1966	Season of Betrayal	Producer	Production
Movie	2007	United Red Army	Executive Producer	Production
Movie	2004	Cycling Chronicles: Landscapes the Boy Saw	Producer	Production
Movie	2007	United Red Army	Editor	Editing
Movie	2007	United Red Army	Writer	Writing
Movie	1964	Lead Tombstone	Director	Directing
Movie	1975	A.K.A. Serial Killer	Producer	Production
Movie	2012	The Millennial Rapture	Producer	Production
Movie	1969	New Underground History of Japanese Violence: Vengeance Demon	Producer	Production
Movie	1969	New Underground History of Japanese Violence: Vengeance Demon	Director	Directing
Movie	1966	Abortion	Executive Producer	Production
Movie	1967	Black Narcissus of Lust	Executive Producer	Production
Movie	1967	Black Narcissus of Lust	Director	Directing
Movie	1967	Birth Control Revolution	Executive Producer	Production
Movie	1968	Sex Zone	Producer	Production
Movie	1970	Sex Jack	Executive Producer	Production
Movie	1969	Dark Story of a Sex Crime: Phantom Killer	Executive Producer	Production
Movie	1980	The Night of Martial Law	Producer	Production
Movie	1973	Secret High School Girl: After School Activity	Director	Directing
Movie	1964	Frenzy	Director	Directing
Movie	1999	Heaven and Hell	Director	Directing
Movie	1967	Dark Story of a Japanese Rapist	Director	Directing
Movie	1970	The Hateful Beast	Director	Directing
Movie	1966	Blood Is Redder Than the Sun	Director	Directing
Movie	1971	Sex Family	Director	Directing
Movie	2001	Prime Minister's Office Lady	Director	Directing
Movie	1996	Target	Director	Directing
Movie	1986	Impactual Performance	Director	Directing
Movie	1978	Oppressive Torture	Director	Directing
Movie	1989	It's Easier Than Kissing	Director	Directing
Movie	1968	Nikutai no yokkyu	Director	Directing
Movie	1972	Sex Variation	Director	Directing
Movie	1971	Love Technique 2	Director	Directing
Movie	1970	Love Technique: Kamasutra	Director	Directing
Movie	1964	Naked Shadow	Director	Directing
Movie	1968	Sex Crimes	Director	Directing
Movie	1966	Torn Love Affair	Director	Directing
Movie	1978	Zannin renzoku gokanma	Director	Directing
Movie	1977	Prohibition In Japan: Female Trafficking	Director	Directing
Movie	1993	Singapore Sling	Director	Directing
Movie	1979	Gendai sei hanzai: Boko kankin	Director	Directing
Movie	1990	Hole in the Pants 4: Strawberries That Aren't Mushy	Director	Directing
Movie	1997	End of Our Own Real	Director	Directing
Movie	1984	Scrap: A Love Story	Director	Directing
Movie	1979	Gendai sei hanzai: Zenin satsugai	Director	Directing
Movie	1992	Sosuke Loses His Lover	Director	Directing
Movie	1979	Prey	Director	Directing
Movie	1980	Seishojo gomon	Director	Directing
Movie	1991	New Sex Life-Style Bible 2	Director	Directing
Movie	1967	Violence in the Net	Director	Directing
Movie	1963	Savage Women	Director	Directing
Movie	1967	Violated Angels	Screenplay	Writing
Movie	1966	The Love Robots	Executive Producer	Production
Movie	1974	Wet Dice	Executive Producer	Production
Movie	1967	Violence in the Net	Executive Producer	Production
Movie	1969	Female Student Guerrilla	Executive Producer	Production
Movie	1970	Love Technique: Kamasutra	Executive Producer	Production
Movie	1970	High Noon Rape	Executive Producer	Production
Movie	1963	Oiroke sakusen	Director	Directing
Movie	1978	Delinquent Sukeban Gang Rape	Director	Directing
Movie	1976	In the Realm of the Senses	Production Manager	Production
Movie	1965	Secrets Behind the Wall	Producer	Production
Movie	1966	The Embryo Hunts in Secret	Executive Producer	Production
Movie	1978	Oppressive Torture	Executive Producer	Production
Movie	1967	Violated Angels	Producer	Production
Movie	1984	Woman with the Red Hat	Producer	Production
Movie	1972	Ecstasy of the Angels	Producer	Production
Movie	1971	The Woman Who Wanted to Die	Producer	Production
Movie	1983	The Key	Producer	Production
Movie	1968	Nikutai no yokkyu	Executive Producer	Production
Movie	1971	Secret Flower	Producer	Production
Movie	1969	Go, Go Second Time Virgin	Executive Producer	Production
Movie	1981	Serial Rape in a Secret Room	Director	Directing
Movie	1968	Sex Crimes	Producer	Production
Movie	1969	Naked Bullet	Producer	Production
Movie	1990	Ready to Shoot	Director	Directing
Movie	1969	Violence Without a Cause	Producer	Production
Movie	1993	Singapore Sling	Screenplay	Writing
Movie	1964	Mesuinu no Kake	Director	Directing
Movie	1969	New Jack & Betty	Producer	Production
Movie	1968	The Pistol That Sprouted Hair	Producer	Production
Movie	1965	Blood of Lust Is Dripping	Director	Directing
Movie	1975	Shinjuku Maria	Director	Directing
Movie	1966	Blood Is Redder Than the Sun	Executive Producer	Production
Movie	1967	Vagabond of Sex	Executive Producer	Production
Movie	1967	Abnormal Blood	Director	Directing
Movie	1967	The Orgy	Producer	Production
Movie	2012	11.25 The Day He Chose His Own Fate	Executive Producer	Production
Movie	1970	The Hateful Beast	Producer	Production
Movie	1975	Documentary: High School Girls' Prostitution Ring	Director	Directing
Movie	1970	Shinjuku Mad	Producer	Production
Movie	1967	Dark Story of a Japanese Rapist	Producer	Production
Movie	1965	Blood of Lust Is Dripping	Screenplay	Writing
Movie	1965	Blood of Lust Is Dripping	Executive Producer	Production
Movie	1975	Shinjuku Maria	Writer	Writing
Movie	1978	Japanese Torture	Producer	Production
Movie	1977	Kill the Flower Bud!	Producer	Production
Movie	1963	Payment for Adultery	Director	Directing
Movie	1974	Beast of Lust	Director	Directing
Movie	1980	Seishojo gomon	Executive Producer	Production
Movie	1969	Season of Terror	Executive Producer	Production
Movie	1965	Resume of Love Affairs	Screenplay	Writing