... film scholar Donald Richie still contends that Wakamatsu "makes embarrassing soft-core ... relations, filmmaking, and normative citizenship staged in Wakamatsu's films as being in concert with the rhetoric of the extreme ... political left, he was not above pointing out its ridiculousness as well. More often than not, the leftists in Wakamatsu films are a confused bunch whose political motives ...

... resources. Out of this period of Japanese cinema, Koji Wakamatsu is one of the most recognized and controversial directors.The director did ... of Japanese cinema. This Saturday, the Cinefamily will screen two of Wakamatsu’s films, Go, Go Second Time Virgin (1969) ... packs a tremendous amount of artistry into every scene, as Wakamatsu gives us one of his most visceral and intensely focused works. ...

... . The series opens this Wednesday, November 4th with a screening of wakamatsu's most recent (and award-winning) docu-drama " ... Japan during the 60's and 70's, a movement that Wakamatsu and his artistic and intellectual partner Masao Adachi were active in ... I know you're out there) check out the full schedule for this November Wakamatsu blitz at Maboroshii Production's blog here.

... finished in 4th place in the voting for the American League Manager of the Year Award. Wakamatsu led the Mariners to a 85-77 (52.5%) record in his first year as a major league manager in 2009. No one expected the Mariners to even approach .500 last season but Wakamatsu did a great job of coaching them up. The Mariners are going to likely improve the team over the winter so Wakamatsu will be ...

The work of rebel Japanese filmmaker Koji Wakamatsu is blasting out across the world in all conceivable formats in November 2009. The ... Blaq Out label has released a 4 DVD box of Wakamatsu films, including Secrets Behind the Wall, The Embryo Hunts in ... Los Angeles, California is running retrospective screenings of Koji Wakamatsu films every Saturday in November. Titles being screened include United ...

Kirby Arnold talks with Don Wakamatsu. It’s worth reading, but one sentence sticks out: But even long at-bats ... say, ‘Hey, great at-bat. Way to battle,’” Wakamatsu said. “But we’d go back and look at it on video and not one of the pitches they ... . This RSS feed is intended for the personal use of readers and not, for instance, spam blogs. Have A Hot Dog With Me, Don Wakamatsu