Kōji Wakamatsu

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Kōji Wakamatsu

Born April 1, 1936 · Wakuya, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan

Died October 17, 2012 · aged 76

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 dir…

Known For

In the Realm of the SensesIn the Realm of the Senses · 1976
In the Realm of the Senses
★ 6.61976
MovieDramaRomance
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 WaterA Pool Without Water · 1982
A Pool Without Water
★ 5.41982
MovieDramaCrime
After saving a girl from rape, a bored rail worker finds out about a chemical that makes people sleep and gets carried away into a new, violent world of ideas.
The KeyThe Key · 1983
The Key
★ 10.01983
MovieDrama
Perfect Education 6Perfect Education 6 · 2004
Perfect Education 6
★ 4.82004
MovieDramaThriller
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….
Women Prison: Vigilante JusticeWomen Prison: Vigilante Justice · 1978
Women Prison: Vigilante Justice
★ 2.01978
MovieDrama
Naomi is sent to prison in place of her brother, who is involved with a violent gang. There, she experiences various forms of vigilante justice at the hands of the sexually frustrated female inmates. From being tortured with leftover food to being stripped naked and forced to crawl around and lick the genitals of other female inmates, she endures insidious sexual abuse. To make matters worse, the female guard is a lesbian. Then, a virgin woman whom her brother had saved arrives in the communal cell, now a depraved prostitute. When Naomi learns that her brother was killed by a gang leader, she seeks revenge upon her parole...
Law of the Delta ZoneLaw of the Delta Zone · 1975
Law of the Delta Zone
★ 5.01975
Movie
He's the target! The emptiness after killing him makes me crave a woman's body
CaterpillarCaterpillar · 2010
Caterpillar
★ 6.32010
MovieDramaWar
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.
United Red ArmyUnited Red Army · 2007
United Red Army
★ 6.42007
MovieDramaThriller
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.

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11.25 The Day He Chose His Own Fate11.25 The Day He Chose His Own Fate · 2012
11.25 The Day He Chose His Own Fate
★ 5.22012
MovieDrama
On November 25th 1970, a man committed ritual suicide inside the Tokyo headquarters of the Japanese Ministry of Defence, leaving behind a legacy of masterpieces and a controversy that echoes to this day. The man was Yukio Mishima, one of Japan's greatest and most celebrated novelists. With four members of his own private army - the Tatenokai - Mishima had taken the commandant hostage and called upon the assembled military outside the Ministry to overthrow their society and restore the powers of the Emperor. When the soldiers mocked and jeered Mishima, he cut short his speech and withdrew to the commandant's office where he committed seppuku - the samurai warrior's death - tearing open his belly with a ceremonial knife before being beheaded by one of his colleagues. What was Mishima truly trying to express through his actions? And what did he witness during his final moments?

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