Kōji Wakamatsu
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Kōji Wakamatsu, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
- Pinku Eiga: Inside the Pleasure Dome of Japanese Erotic Cinema (2011)
- Green Mind, Metal Bats (2006)
- Running in Madness, Dying in Love (1969)
- The Mystery of Rampo (1994)
- Wet Dice (1974)
- Pink Ribbon (2004)
- Prisoner/Terrorist (2007)
- What's a Director? (2006)
- Shinjuku Maria (1975)
- Pure Asia (2011)
- In the Realm of the Senses: Recalling the Film (2003)
- Incessant Hell: The Vile Road of Finance (2003)
- The Man Who Went Beyond Manga: Fujio Akatsuka (2016)
- Wind (1998)
- シネマスコーレを解剖する。 コロナなんかぶっ飛ばせ (2022)
- Under the Skin (2002)
- Shinjuku Legend: Nagisa Yoko Shinjuku Koma Gewa-gewa Recital (2009)
- Blood of Lust Is Dripping (1965)
- Egg Delivery Man : Attack on Keishicho (1975)