Personal Info
Birth date
1936-04-01 (89 Years)
Day of death
2012-10-17
Gender
Male
Known for
Directing
Place of birth
Wakuya, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan
Also known as
Koji Wakamatsu
Kôji Wakamatsu
大杉虎
Tora Ôsugi
Кодзи Вакамацу
若松 孝二
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Kōji Wakamatsu, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
In the Realm of the Senses
6.594
Overview:
A passionate telling of the story of Sada Abe, a woman whose affair with her master led to an obsessive and ultimately destructive sexual relationship.A Pool Without Water
5.4
Overview:
The man has a monotonous job punching tickets for the Japanese railway. One night, while walking home, he saves Jun from getting raped by two hoodlums. A few days later, he sneaks into her house but gets discovered. Later, as he watches his son subdue an insect with a chemical, the man gets an idea to subdue women while they're sleeping so he won't be discovered sneaking into their home. His new hobby spirals out of control as his confidence grows.The Millennial Rapture
4
Overview:
Sennen no yuraku is set in a small community called “Roji” where Kenji Nakagami—one of the most famous novelists in Japan—drew the absurdity and passion of life since its inhabitants have been living and dying. There were beautiful men in “Roji” who struggled to live with the blood of the Nakamato Clan, blood called “noble yet unholy.” Oryu, a midwife, has watched all those men growing up, living and dying... She is now aging old and starts to talk with the dead men souls of the Nakamoto Clan...Ecstasy of the Angels
5.3
Overview:
A militant revolutionary group is torn apart by betrayal as its members descend into paranoia and sexual decadence.Sex Play
5
Overview:
A masterpiece of militant cinema of 1968, filmed on the actual barricades of Adachi's very own Nihon University during the period of social struggles. The film begins in a lengthy free-love session taking the form of a 'play' rape being enacted by a group of aimless, listless and political apathetic students. The subtext intended by Adachi informs the rest of the film – that there is a world of difference between direct action politics, and merely talking the talk.Perfect Education 6
4
Overview:
Fumiya owes 5 million yen to a female load shark for a gambling debt, while having affair an with Mrs. Hosoi who offers him 5 million to murder her husband. Fumiya has no choice but to kill Mr. Hosoi. Unfortunately he's see by a neighbor. In the escape, he meets a girl named Akiko. He hides in her house. Later on, Fumiya and Akiko fall in love and have sex. After that, he finds that the house owner Shin kidnapped Akiko whem she was a little girl and has kept her in the house for over a decade. Fumiya is determined to take her away from Shin's brutal confinement. A battle of wills between jailer, prisoner and accidental savior begins….United Red Army
6.5
Overview:
Two of the most radical student groups form the United Red Army (URA) and head into the mountains to conduct a training camp. Ideology devolves into despotism, and the URA's leaders begin to arbitrarily persecute their followers, a harrowing ordeal that culminates in violence and murder.Eros Eterna
4.4
Overview:
Eros Eterna tells the story of a legendary immortal nun who wanders around encountering several people of various conditions.Caterpillar
6.483
Overview:
The story of a village woman given the grueling task of looking after (and fulfilling the sexual needs of) her quadruple amputee husband, a Japanese soldier in the Second Sino-Japanese War who has been decreed a "War God" by the Emperor.Go, Go Second Time Virgin
6.73
Overview:
Go, Go, Second Time Virgin is the story of two damned and abused teenagers who meet and fall in mutant love on a Tokyo rooftop. Their only hope is to cement their love with an escape into oblivion.Japanese Torture
NYR
Overview:
In the past, the only way to prove the true culprit of a crime was through physical evidence and the suspect's confession. For this reason, various torture methods were used to force confessions. However, the principle of confession was rejected in 1879, and torture was abolished. However, this is only on the surface, and torture by police and prosecutors continues to be used subtly to this day. This film is a shocking semi-documentary that exposes the reality of the numerous torture methods that stain history with gruesome blood. The story is divided into three parts and vividly depicts two cases of torture by those in power, one of a brutal lynching that covers the eyes of a husband with a lesbian wife, and another, each of which builds up abnormal sexual excitement amid the bloody scenes.Erotic Liaisons
3.75
Overview:
A low-key private detective agency in Paris is run by Rie and her lover and partner Kishin, two ex-pats who tick along between cases by giving guided tours of the city to busloads of Japanese tourists. After the wealthy Okuyama hires them to trail his French mistress Lorraine whom he believes to be having an affair, feeble-willed Kishin finds himself seduced by this femme fatale and way out of his depth in a seamy underworld of rich Japanese businessmen, S&M games and huge piles of money.The Embryo Hunts in Secret
6
Overview:
A man keeps his girlfriend tied up in his small apartment and tortures her. She is undressed, subjected to various types of bondage, whipped, and tortured with a razor blade.Sosuke Loses His Lover
2
Overview:
Koji Wakamatsu adapted Kouhei Tsuka's play of the same name into a human comedy about the members of a traveling acting troupe.Ready to Shoot
NYR
Overview:
A middle-aged man discovers an injured refugee woman trembling in the corner of his bar in Kabukicho. He quickly becomes aware that her life is in his hands when he learns she is hiding from the yakuza.What's a Director?
NYR
Overview:
Works commemorating the 70th anniversary of the founding of Japan mapping Supervision AssociationWet Dice
5.2
Overview:
Kayo, who is famous for her beauty, own a bar in a port town. The establishment is always crowded with customers infatuated with her. For the past three years, Kayo has been in a relationship with Murakami, a city councilman. One day, a young man and woman, Jun and Yoko, come to town. They are planning to stow away somewhere, but no one will take them in. Exhausted, they happen to come to Kayo's bar. Eventually, Kayo's past and the man she used to be with are revealed, and Jun and Yoko's desperate actions lead to the story's conclusion...Prisoner/Terrorist
5
Overview:
During a suicide attack on an airport, the hand grenade of 'M', one of three terrorists, malfunctions, leaving him captured. Exposed to maltreatment in prison, he slowly loses his grip on reality as he is forced to confront his ideological convictions.Violent Virgin
5.842
Overview:
A bunch of young hipsters kidnaps a loving couple and keeps them trapped in a barren landscape. To the sounds of free jazz they are performing various experiments with the couple. In the distance is a yakuza gang keeping track of the youths. Who are really experimenting with whom?Running in Madness, Dying in Love
6.4
Overview:
During clashes between demonstrators and police that rage on the streets of Tokyo, a young man hides in the house of his brother - a police officer. The latter is accidentally shot by his wife, which forces the young man to flee with her.Endless Waltz
5.1
Overview:
Biopic about jazz saxophonist Kaoru Abe and his wife, noted writer Izumi Suzuki.The Notorious Concubines
3.5
Overview:
Dark, cynical Japanese epic brought to U.S. in a dubbed version by shlockmeister Harry Novak. Still, this gory, sexy epic is made with style and interesting for to compare to "Yojimbo" and other masterworks of the form.Pink Ribbon
6.2
Overview:
Documentary filmmaker Kenjiro Fujii takes a look at the history of a distinctly Japanese brand of softcore pornography in this extensive examination of the "pinku eiga" genre (ピンク映画 Pinku eiga or Pinkeiga). For more than 40 years, so-called "pink" films have served as both a key source of revenue for the Japanese film industry as well as a launching pad for the careers of such mainstream filmmakers as Kiyoshi Kurosawa. After providing a detailed history of the still-profitable and popular genre through interviews with a variety of behind-the-scenes players and clips from such classic pink films as Fish Bait Boobies, director Fujii shifts his focus to the production of an upcoming pink film to offer a glimpse into the creative and stylistic evolution of the genre.Sex Family
3.5
Overview:
A critique of the Japanese family, seen here as militaristic, absurdly incestuous and patriarchal. Nihilistic destruction by the young ones seems to be the only way out. This should be seen as Wakamatsu’s answer to Nagisa Oshima’s The Ceremony, made in the same year.Secret High School Girl: After School Activity
2
Overview:
A banker and a high school girl start a brothel in the snowy countryside of Hokuriko.Serial Rapist
5.6
Overview:
A chubby, bicycle-riding rapist/killer dispatches 13 people in a cold, bloody, detached rampage.Singapore Sling
4
Overview:
Tatsuya is on a honeymoon in Australia. A couple of unfortunate encounters land him in jail, where he’s imprisoned without a chance of ever getting out again. His wife tries her best to launch an appeal, but it’s Tatsuya’s inmates who are his best chance of escaping his current predicament.Acting
2022シネマスコーレを解剖する。 コロナなんかぶっ飛ばせ as Unknown
2016The Man Who Went Beyond Manga: Fujio Akatsuka as Himself (Archival Footage)
2011Pure Asia as Unknown
2011Pinku Eiga: Inside the Pleasure Dome of Japanese Erotic Cinema as Self
2009Shinjuku Legend: Nagisa Yoko Shinjuku Koma Gewa-gewa Recital as Unknown
2007Prisoner/Terrorist as Unknown
2006What's a Director? as Unknown
2006Green Mind, Metal Bats as Oji-san
2004Pink Ribbon as Himself
2003Incessant Hell: The Vile Road of Finance as Unknown
2003In the Realm of the Senses: Recalling the Film as Interviewee
2002Under the Skin as Himself
1998Wind as Wind spirit
1995The Mystery of Rampo as Cameo
1975Shinjuku Maria as Cameo
1974Wet Dice as Customer
1969Running in Madness, Dying in Love as Sleigh driver
1967Birth Control Revolution as Weekly magazine photographer
1965Blood of Lust Is Dripping as Man wearing sunglasses
Directing
2012The Millennial Rapture ... Director
201211.25 The Day He Chose His Own Fate ... Director
2012Petrel Hotel Blue ... Director
2010Caterpillar ... Director
2007United Red Army ... Director
2004Cycling Chronicles: Landscapes the Boy Saw ... Director
2004Perfect Education 6 ... Director
2001Prime Minister's Office Lady ... Director
1999Heaven and Hell ... Director
1997End of Our Own Real ... Director
1996Target ... Director
1995Endless Waltz ... Director
1993Singapore Sling ... Director
1992Erotic Liaisons ... Director
1992Sosuke Loses His Lover ... Director
1991New Sex Life-Style Bible 2 ... Director
1990Ready to Shoot ... Director
1990Eternal Savannah: Roses' Tails ... Director
1990Hole in the Pants 4: Strawberries That Aren't Mushy ... Director
1989It's Easier Than Kissing ... Director
1986Impactual Performance ... Director
1984Scrap: A Love Story ... Director
1982A Pool Without Water ... Director
1981Serial Rape in a Secret Room ... Director
1980Seishojo gomon ... Director
1979Gendai sei hanzai: Zenin satsugai ... Director
1979Prey ... Director
1979Gendai sei hanzai: Boko kankin ... Director
1978Zannin renzoku gokanma ... Director
1978Serial Rapist ... Director
1978Oppressive Torture ... Director
1978Delinquent Sukeban Gang Rape ... Director
1977Torture Chronicles Continues: 100 Years ... Director
1977Prohibition In Japan: Female Trafficking ... Director
1977Eros Eterna ... Director
1975Documentary: High School Girls' Prostitution Ring ... Director
1975100 Years of Torture: The History ... Director
1975Shinjuku Maria ... Director
1974Beast of Lust ... Director
1974Wet Dice ... Director
1973Secret High School Girl: After School Activity ... Director
1972Backside of 17 ... Director
1972Sex Variation ... Director
1972Ecstasy of the Angels ... Director
1972Contemporary History of Rape in Japan ... Director
1971Sex Family ... Director
1971Red Army/PFLP: Declaration of World War ... Director
1971The Woman Who Wanted to Die ... Director
1971Love Technique 2 ... Director
1971Secret Flower ... Director
1970The Hateful Beast ... Director
1970High Noon Rape ... Director
1970Love Technique: Kamasutra ... Director
1970Shinjuku Mad ... Director
1970Sex Jack ... Director
1969Violence Without a Cause ... Director
1969Season of Terror ... Director
1969Naked Bullet ... Director
1969Running in Madness, Dying in Love ... Director
1969Dark Story of a Sex Crime: Phantom Killer ... Director
1969Violent Virgin ... Director
1969New Underground History of Japanese Violence: Vengeance Demon ... Director
1969Go, Go Second Time Virgin ... Director
1968The Notorious Concubines ... Director
1968Nikutai no yokkyu ... Director
1968A Womb to Let ... Director
1968Sex Crimes ... Director
1967Dark Story of a Japanese Rapist ... Director
1967Vagabond of Sex ... Director
1967Abnormal Blood ... Director
1967Violence in the Net ... Director
1967Violated Angels ... Director
1967Black Narcissus of Lust ... Director
1967The Orgy ... Director
1966The Embryo Hunts in Secret ... Director
1966The Love Robots ... Director
1966Torn Love Affair ... Director
1966Blood Is Redder Than the Sun ... Director
1965Perverse Relations ... Director
1965Secrets Behind the Wall ... Director
1965Resume of Love Affairs ... Director
1965Blood of Lust Is Dripping ... Director
1964Ecstasy of Wickedness ... Director
1964Naked Shadow ... Director
1964Kawaita hada ... Director
1964Frenzy ... Director
1964Lead Tombstone ... Director
1964Red Crime ... Director
1964Mesuinu no Kake ... Director
1963Payment for Adultery ... Director
1963Oiroke sakusen ... Director
1963Savage Women ... Director
1963Sweet Trap ... Director
Production
2012The Millennial Rapture ... Producer
201211.25 The Day He Chose His Own Fate ... Executive Producer
2010Caterpillar ... Producer
2007United Red Army ... Executive Producer
2004Cycling Chronicles: Landscapes the Boy Saw ... Producer
1984Woman with the Red Hat ... Producer
1983The Key ... Producer
1982A Pool Without Water ... Executive Producer
1980Seishojo gomon ... Executive Producer
1980The Night of Martial Law ... Producer
1978Japanese Torture ... Producer
1978Oppressive Torture ... Executive Producer
1977Kill the Flower Bud! ... Producer
1977Eros Eterna ... Producer
1976In the Realm of the Senses ... Production Manager
1975A.K.A. Serial Killer ... Producer
1974Wet Dice ... Executive Producer
1973Off-Season Flowering ... Producer
1972Ecstasy of the Angels ... Producer
1971The Woman Who Wanted to Die ... Producer
1971Secret Flower ... Producer
1970The Hateful Beast ... Producer
1970High Noon Rape ... Executive Producer
1970Love Technique: Kamasutra ... Executive Producer
1970Sex Jack ... Executive Producer
1970Shinjuku Mad ... Producer
1969Violence Without a Cause ... Producer
1969Season of Terror ... Executive Producer
1969Naked Bullet ... Producer
1969Female Student Guerrilla ... Executive Producer
1969Running in Madness, Dying in Love ... Producer
1969Dark Story of a Sex Crime: Phantom Killer ... Executive Producer
1969New Jack & Betty ... Producer
1969Violent Virgin ... Producer
1969Sex Play ... Producer
1969New Underground History of Japanese Violence: Vengeance Demon ... Producer
1969Go, Go Second Time Virgin ... Executive Producer
1968Sex Zone ... Producer
1968The Pistol That Sprouted Hair ... Producer
1968Nikutai no yokkyu ... Executive Producer
1968A Womb to Let ... Producer
1968Sex Crimes ... Producer
1967Dark Story of a Japanese Rapist ... Producer
1967Vagabond of Sex ... Executive Producer
1967Violence in the Net ... Executive Producer
1967Violated Angels ... Producer
1967Black Narcissus of Lust ... Executive Producer
1967Birth Control Revolution ... Executive Producer
1967Sei no fukkatsu ... Producer
1967The Orgy ... Producer
1966Season of Betrayal ... Producer
1966Abortion ... Executive Producer
1966The Love Robots ... Executive Producer
1966The Embryo Hunts in Secret ... Executive Producer
1966Blood Is Redder Than the Sun ... Executive Producer
1965Secrets Behind the Wall ... Producer
1965Blood of Lust Is Dripping ... Executive Producer
Writing
2012Petrel Hotel Blue ... Writer
2007United Red Army ... Writer
2004Cycling Chronicles: Landscapes the Boy Saw ... Story
1993Singapore Sling ... Screenplay
1975Shinjuku Maria ... Writer
1967Violated Angels ... Screenplay
1966Blood Is Redder Than the Sun ... Screenplay
1965Resume of Love Affairs ... Screenplay
1965Blood of Lust Is Dripping ... Screenplay
Crew
2010Embryo ... Thanks
Editing
2007United Red Army ... Editor