Personal Info

  • Known For

    Directing

  • Known Credits

    15

  • Gender

    Male

  • Birthday

    April 01, 1936 ( 76 years old )

  • 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

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.​