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Kōji Wakamatsu

Kōji Wakamatsu

Directing
01 Apr 1936
17 Oct 2012
Wakuya, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan

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 ...

Also Known As

Koji Wakamatsu, Kôji Wakamatsu, 大杉虎, Tora Ôsugi, Кодзи Вакамацу

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