Koji Wakamatsu

Koji Wakamatsu (1936–2012) was a Japanese film director known for transforming pinku-eiga by blending eroticism with political and avant-garde themes across a prolific career of about a hundred films.

Credited with giving a soul to the pinku-eiga genre, Wakamatsu's work mixes surrealism, violence, political engagement and poetic critique.

DeBaser hosts an admiring, analytical review of Koji Wakamatsu highlighting his fusion of erotic cinema, surrealism and political critique. The available review praises his invention within pinku-eiga and singles out Su Su Per La Seconda Volta Vergine as a central work. Wakamatsu is presented as a prolific, ingenious director whose films mix violence, poetry and nihilism.

For:Fans of Japanese cinema, cult/experimental film, avant-garde and exploitation/arthouse audiences.