In the wake of Yukio Mishima’s suicide, two suicidal couples are about to face their memories Read More »
Tag Archives: Kôji Wakamatsu
Technique of Love: Kama Sutra (1970) Kôji Wakamatsu, Eri Ashikawa, Jôji Ichimura, Yûko Etô
A how-to SEX documentary that interprets the Indian sexual scripture Kama Sutra in the style of Koji Wakamatsu. Read More »
11.25: The Day He Chose His Own Fate (2012) Kôji Wakamatsu
On November 25th 1970, a man committed ritual suicide inside the Tokyo headquarters of the Japanese Ministry of Defence Read More »
Caterpillar (2010) Kôji Wakamatsu, Shinobu Terajima
During the Second Sino-Japanese War, in 1940, Lieutenant Kurokawa returns home as a honored Read More »
Erotic Liaisons / Erotikkuna kankei (1992) Kôji Wakamatsu, Ryûdô Uzaki, Joe Yamanaka, Kei Satô
Set in Paris, the plot concerns a low-key private detective agency run by Rie Read More »
Shinjuku Mad / Shinjuku maddo (1970) Kôji Wakamatsu, Toshiyuki Tanigawa, Yûko Ejima, Makiko Harada
A man comes to Tokyo searching for his son’s killer. He ventures into the deep underground Read More »
Petrel Hotel Blue (2012) Kôji Wakamatsu, Hitomi Katayama, Gô Jibiki, Arata Iura
Seeking to exact revenge upon Yoji, Yukio travels to an area surrounded by the sea, desert and lava topped mountains. Read More »
The Millennial Rapture AKA Sennen no yuraku (2012) Kôji Wakamatsu, Tomori Abe, Tanroh Ishida, Arata Iura
Shingu, a coastal village in Wakayama Prefecture, early 20th century. Midwife Oryu (Terajima Shinobu) Read More »
Okasareta hakui / Violated Angels (1967) Kôji Wakamatsu, Juro Kara, Keiko Koyanagi, Miki Hayashi
A young man breaks into a nurse’s rooming house and one-by-one kills off nurses. Read More »
Endless Waltz (1995) Kôji Wakamatsu, Leona Hirota, Kou Machida, Haruko Sagara
Koji Wakamatsu’s biopic about a Japanese free jazz/improvisation saxophonist named Kaoru Abe. Read More »