Personal Info
Known For
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
4/1/1936
Place of Birth
Wakuya, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan
Also Known As
Koji WakamatsuKôji Wakamatsu大杉虎
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....
Known For
The Mystery of Rampo
as Cameo
Prisoner/Terrorist
Unknown Role
Incessant Hell: The Vile Road of Finance
Unknown Role
Pure Asia
Unknown Role
Pink Ribbon
as Self
Green Mind, Metal Bats
as Oji-san
Wet Dice
as Customer
Running in Madness, Dying in Love
as Sleigh driver
The Man Who Went Beyond Manga: Fujio Akatsuka
as Self (archive footage)
What's a Director?
Unknown Role
Under the Skin
as Himself
Blood of Lust Is Dripping
as Man wearing sunglasses
Shinjuku Maria
as Cameo
Egg Delivery Man : Attack on Keishicho
Unknown Role
シネマスコーレを解剖する。 コロナなんかぶっ飛ばせ
Unknown Role
Pinku Eiga: Inside the Pleasure Dome of Japanese Erotic Cinema
as Self
Wind
as Wind spirit
In the Realm of the Senses: Recalling the Film
as Interviewee
Shinjuku Legend: Nagisa Yoko Shinjuku Koma Gewa-gewa Recital
Unknown Role