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...

NAKED BULLET by Koji Wakamatsu

Original title: Otoko goroshi onna goroshi: hadaka no zyudan Produced by Wakamatsu Production Japan – 1969 – 72 min. Cast: Yuichi Minato, Ken Yoshizawa SYNOPSIS Three gangsters rob the loot of a trade between two gangs. They also take a hostage with them -a woman, who is part of one of the two gangs- and take refuge in an apartment where they choose to hide for some time. But one of the three gangsters...

VIOLENT VIRGIN by Koji Wakamatsu

Original title: Shojo geba geba Produced by Wakamatsu Production Japan – 1969 – 66 min. Cast: Eri Ashikawa, Toshiyuki Tanigawa SYNOPSIS A group of Yakuzas and their female companions brings a couple into a barren landscape to punish their turn-out-to-be boss’s unfaithful mistress and her chinpira (low-level Yakuza) lover. Version available: Japanese Available subtitles: French, English Rights...