Biography
WAKAMATSU Koji (Japan, 1936-2012) was given the nickname 'king of pinku eiga', the specific Japanese genre of (soft) porn film. Wakamatsu started his own production company in the mid-1960s and at the start of his career directed about 20 pink films which also always had a political undertone. From the 1970s, his work became increasingly political. Wakamatsu was also active as a producer, for instance of In the Realm of the Senses (1976) by Oshima Nagisa, and he worked a lot together with the politically committed scriptwriter and filmmaker Adachi Masao.
11.25 The Day Mishima Chose His Own Fate was to be one of his last films. On 12 October 2012, he was hit by a taxi in his home city of Tokyo, after which he died on 17 October. Wakamatsu leaves behined an oeuvre of more than a hundred films.
International Film Festival Rotterdam
Director
Series | |
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2010 |
Keitai deka: Zenigata Jui |
Documentaries | |
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1975 |
Gokan ka wakan ka? |
Porn jikenbo: sei no ankoku |
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1972 |
Sei to ai no joken |
1971 |
Red Army/PFLP: Declaration of World War |
Producer
Movies | |
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2012 |
The Millennial Rapture |
2010 |
Caterpillar |
2004 |
Cycling Chronicles: Landscapes The Boy Saw |
1992 |
Netorare Sosuke |
1984 |
Frau mit dem roten Hut, Die |
1983 |
Kagi |
1978 |
Women Prison: The Lynching |
1977 |
Sacred Mother Kannon |
1974 |
Kuruizaki |
1972 |
Ecstasy of the Angels |
1971 |
Secret Flower |
1970 |
Segura magura: shinitai onna |
Sex Jack |
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Shinjuku Mad |
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1969 |
Naked Bullet |
Seiyugi |
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Student Guerilla |
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Violence Without a Cause |
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1968 |
Fukushûki |
Haragashionna |
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Sei chitai |
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1967 |
Ami no nakano boko |
Contraception Revolution |
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Orgy |
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Sex Crimes |
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Vagabond of Sex |
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Violated Angels |
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1966 |
Datai |
Documentaries | |
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1969 |
A.K.A. Serial Killer |
Actor
Movies | |
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2009 |
Pure Asia |
2007 |
Aria |
Prisoner/Terrorist |
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2006 |
Green Mind, Metal Bats |
1994 |
The Mystery of Rampo |
1967 |
Contraception Revolution |
Documentaries | |
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2009 |
Berlinale Taxi - Einmal Kino und zurück (TV movie) |
2006 |
What's a Director? |
2004 |
Pink Ribbon |
Short | |
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1998 |
Kaze |
Screenwriter
Movies | |
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2012 |
The Millennial Rapture |
Guest
Shows | |
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2013 |
The 36th Annual Japan Academy Awards |
2007 |
Bokura no džidai |
Fans
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- Keisuke director
- LolitaVanity director
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- andy1 director