A POOL WITHOUT WATER by Koji Wakamatsu

Original title: Mizu no nai puuru Produced by Wakamatsu Production Japan – 1982 – 103 min. Cast: Yuya Uchida, Mitsuyo Nemoto SYNOPSIS A man witnesses a woman being rape. He eventually responds to the situation and rescues her. This makes a change from his routine life as a ticket stamper. His home life is just as overwhelming: his wife never shuts up and he feels so distant from his kids. He buys...

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...

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...