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
- Poruno henreki
- Yokujô kazoku as Chiyo
1971
1970
- Women Hell Song
- Sex Jack as Masako Yoneda
- Majo-gari as Yuri
- History of Japanese Night Crawling Customs as Myoshin
- Bijo, Chijo, Majo
1968
1967
- Female Trap
- Pink Telephone as Tomoko Egawa
- Midareta kankei
- Nikutai no yûwaku as Ryôko
- Abnormal Reaction: Ecstasy
1966
1965
- Jealousy Trap
- Doronuma no yorokobi
- Sexy Diary as Reiko Tama / Masako Kitamura
- Iro nusutto
- Akai shigoki: Nihon dokufu-den
- Blood of Lust Is Dripping as Etsuko
- Maiden Flesh
1963
- Sweet Trap as Kaori Shimamura
- Savage Women
- The Ama's Mysterious Pearl
- Oiroke sakusen
- Payment for Adultery
1962
- Flesh Market
- Ningen Gari
- Okinawan Horror: Upside-Down Ghost - Chinese Horror: Breaking a Coffin as Reiko (segment "Upset Walking Ghost")
- Fukanzen kekkon