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19
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Actor
Kōji Wakamatsu
Directing
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Movies: 118Series: 0Crew credits: 103
TMDB ID: 134811
IMDb ID: nm0906709
Known for: Directing
Born: April 1, 1936
Died: October 17, 2012
Age: 76
Place of birth: Wakuya, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1963 - 2022
Years active: 60
Average TMDB rating: 6.1
Wikidata: Q926946
Also known as
Koji Wakamatsu • Kôji Wakamatsu • 大杉虎 • Tora Ôsugi • Кодзи Вакамацу • 若松 孝二
Other jobs
Director (82)Producer (15)Executive Producer (2)Production Manager (1)Screenplay (1)Story (1)Writer (1)
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.
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シネマスコーレを解剖する。 コロナなんかぶっ飛ばせ
2022 Movie
The Man Who Went Beyond Manga: Fujio Akatsuka
as Self (archive footage)
2016 Movie
4.0
The Millennial Rapture
Director
2012 Movie
5.2
11.25 The Day He Chose His Own Fate
Director
2012 Movie
5.0
Petrel Hotel Blue
Writer
2012 Movie
Pure Asia
2011 Movie
9.0
Pinku Eiga: Inside the Pleasure Dome of Japanese Erotic Cinema
as Self
2011 Movie
6.3
Caterpillar
Director
2010 Movie
Shinjuku Legend: Nagisa Yoko Shinjuku Koma Gewa-gewa Recital
2009 Movie
6.3
United Red Army
Director
2007 Movie
5.0
Prisoner/Terrorist
2007 Movie
What's a Director?
2006 Movie
6.6
Green Mind, Metal Bats
as Oji-san
2006 Movie
3.6
Cycling Chronicles: Landscapes the Boy Saw
Story
2004 Movie
6.2
Pink Ribbon
as Self
2004 Movie
3.3
Perfect Education 6
Director
2004 Movie
Incessant Hell: The Vile Road of Finance
2003 Movie
In the Realm of the Senses: Recalling the Film
as Interviewee
2003 Movie
1.0
Under the Skin
as Himself
2002 Movie
Prime Minister's Office Lady
Director
2001 Movie
Heaven and Hell
Director
1999 Movie
7.0
Wind
as Wind spirit
1998 Movie
2.0
End of Our Own Real
Director
1997 Movie
5.0
Target
Director
1996 Movie