Tamaki Katori
Born: 1938-10-21 in Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan
Died: 2015-10-12
Known For: Acting
Biography
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. 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.
Filmography
1980
- Bondage Nymphomaniac as Oryu, female yakuza
1972
- Yokujô kazoku as Chiyo
- Poruno henreki
1971
1970
- Sex Jack as Masako Yoneda
- Women Hell Song
- History of Japanese Night Crawling Customs as Myoshin
- Bijo, Chijo, Majo
- Majo-gari as Yuri
1967
- To Aim For
- Nikutai no yûwaku as Ryôko
- Pink Telephone as Tomoko Egawa
- Midareta kankei
- Female Trap
- Abnormal Reaction: Ecstasy
1966
1965
- Jealousy Trap
- Blood of Lust Is Dripping as Etsuko
- Sexy Diary as Reiko Tama / Masako Kitamura
- Doronuma no yorokobi
- Iro nusutto
- Akai shigoki: Nihon dokufu-den
- Maiden Flesh
1963
- Savage Women
- The Ama's Mysterious Pearl
- Oiroke sakusen
- Sweet Trap as Kaori Shimamura
- Payment for Adultery
1962
- Ningen Gari
- Flesh Market
- Fukanzen kekkon
- Okinawan Horror: Upside-Down Ghost - Chinese Horror: Breaking a Coffin as Reiko (segment "Upset Walking Ghost")