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...

SEX JACK by Koji Wakamatsu

Original title: Seizoku Produced by Wakamatsu Production Japan – 1970 – 70 min. Cast: Michio Akiyama, Moschu Sasahara, Moppu Sudo, Mitsu Yamakawa Cannes Film Festival Directors’ Fortnight 1971 SYNOPSIS Set in the near future, a small gang of revolutionary students are hidden away by a small-time thief. While they are hiding, all but the thief take turns having sex with an unhappy (and perhaps...

VIOLATED ANGELS by Koji Wakamatsu

Original title: Okasareta Hakui Produced by Wakamatsu Production Japan – 1967 – 57 min. Cast: Juro Kara, Shoko Kido SYNOPSIS A young man breaks into a nurses’ rooming house and one-by-one kills off the nurses therein. The film is based on the mass murder spree of Richard Speck in 1966 and was selected at Cannes Film Festival in 1971 at Directors’ Fortnight. Version available: Japanese Available...