Tamaki Katori
Actor
- Born
- October 21, 1938 · Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan
- Died
- October 12, 2015 (age 76)
Tamaki Katori was a Japanese actress born on 21 October 1938 and died on 12 October 2015, famous for her pioneering role in "pink films" (softcore erotic films) in the 1960s and early 1970s.
She began her career at Nikkatsu after a beauty contest in Kumamoto, playing supporting roles before turning to independent pink films for financial reasons. Nicknamed the "Pink Princess," she made more than 600 films between 1962 and 1972, with directors such as Satoru Kobayashi, Kōji Wakamatsu, and Giichi Nishihara. After retiring, she married three times, ran a petrol station and then a company canteen.
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Flesh Market (Nikutai no Ichiba, 1962), her first notable pink film.
Sex Jack (1970) by Kōji Wakamatsu, presented at Cannes.
Sex Family (1971), with Junko Miyashita.
These works illustrate the first wave of pink films, before the Roman Porno era of Nikkatsu.
Known for
Take Aim at the Police Van
January 27, 1960
Sex Jack
May 3, 1970
Women Hell Song
December 1, 1970
Sweet Trap
September 3, 1963
The Woman Who Wanted to Die
April 1, 1971
Sex Family
December 12, 1971
Sexy Diary
January 1, 1965
Michi no Sex
August 1, 1966
Flesh Market
February 27, 1962
Savage Women
October 1, 1963
Oiroke sakusen
October 4, 1963
Blood of Lust Is Dripping
January 1, 1965
Acting62
- 1980Bondage Nymphomaniac as Oryu, female yakuza
- 1972Poruno henreki
- 1972Yokujô kazoku as Chiyo
- 1971Sex Family
- 1971The Woman Who Wanted to Die as Natsu Orie
- 1971Itazura shojo
- 1971Snake Obscene Embrace
- 1971Nagumade Matte
- 1970Women Hell Song
- 1970Bijo, Chijo, Majo
- 1970History of Japanese Night Crawling Customs as Myoshin