CATERPILLAR by Koji Wakamatsu at Berlinale 2010

We are proud to announce Koji Wakamatsu’s latest film, CATERPILLAR, has been selected in Official Competition at Berlin Film Festival 2010. Official Screening is on Monday the 15th of February at 22:30 with German subtitles (and translation in French/English/Spanish via infrared headphones). Repetition screenings will take place: - on Feb 16 at Friedrichstadtpalast at 15:00 with English subtitles -...

ABOUT KOJI WAKAMATSU

BIOGRAPHY Koji Wakamatsu (born 1 April 1936, in Wakuya, Miyagi, Japan) moved to Tokyo at the age of 17 and after a series of small jobs became a yakuza. Following a fight, he was sent to prison where he learned that power leads to repression and brutality. After his release, he wrote a book about his experience and found in filmmaking a way to expose the abuse of power. In 1959, he worked in television...

SECRETS BEHIND THE WALL by Koji Wakamatsu

Original title: Kabe no naka no himegoto Produced by Wakamatsu Production Japan – 1965 – 75 min. Cast: Hiroko Fujino, Kazuko Kano SYNOPSIS Japan, 1960s. In a housing complex, a college prep student is spying on his neighbor, a former peace activist, who now leads an ordinary life as a housewife, having a secret affair with an ex-lover. The voyeurism of the isolated and gloomy young man...

UNITED RED ARMY by Koji Wakamatsu

Original title: Jitsuroku rengo sekigun, asama sansô e no michi Produced by Wakamatsu Production Japan – 2008 – 190 min. Berlin Film Festival 2008 (CICAE and Netpac Awards), HKIFF 2008, Jeonju Film Festival 2008, BAFICI 2008, London Film Festival 2008, Los Angeles Film Festival 2009, Helsinki Film Festival 2009, Melbourne Film Festival 2009, Thessaloniki Film Festival 2009… SYNOPSIS Koji...