hallway add to the film's disturbing, claustrophobic atmosphere. was a parody of Imamura's A Man Vanishes (1967). In Wakamatsu's film, a man leaves his family in Tokyo to travel and engage in various sexual escapades. When he returns home he finds out that his wife is starring in Imamura's documentary about her search for her missing husband. was based on the murder of eight nursing students in the U.S. by Richard Speck. was based on a serial rapist case in Japan after World War II. is loosely based on the Tate-LaBianca murders by the Manson Family in the same year. With , he tried "to show how the revolutionary movements are always infiltrated by the moles working for the government". One of his most critically esteemed films is , which has been called a "'text book example' for the use of metaphor and symbolism in contemporary cinema." was based on the "Asama-Sansō incident". Long and harsh, this movie includes a long documentary part about the political background that led to this tragedy and the self-destruction of the Japanese radical left. While directing many successful and critically praised Pink Films, Wakamatsu also became known for giving young filmmakers their first experience in working in the industry. Among those whose early careers were helped by Wakamatsu are Banmei Takahashi, Genji Nakamura and Kan Mukai. His 2010 film, Caterpillar, competed for the Golden Bear at the 60th Berlin International Film Festival. In 2011, a new film on the last days of acclaimed novelist and political activist Yukio Mishima, focusing on the stream of events leading to the so-called Ichigaya incident of November 25, 1970, was announced as being on its stage of full completion. The film entitled 11.25 Jiketsu No Hi, Mishima Yukio To Wakamonotachi [11.25自決の日、三島由紀夫と若者たち] features Japanese actor Arata as Mishima. The film competed in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival. Death Wakamatsu died on 17 October 2012 after being hit by a taxi cab in Tokyo on 12 October on his way home after a budget meeting to discuss his next project, a movie about the Japanese nuclear lobby and Tepco. Partial filmography References Sources Sedia Giuseppe Interview with Kōji Wakamatsu at Asia Express, (Italian), September 2007. Crispim, Pedro (2022). "Kōji Wakamatsu: Alienation and the Womb", in Disegno V1/01_ Total Cinema: Film and Design. External links Eigagogo.free.fr El cine de Koji Wakamatsu (Revista digital "Japan Next")