Tamaki Katori

Acting

Tamaki Katori

Born — Died

1938-10-21 — 2015-10-12

Place of birth

Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan

Known for

Acting

Credits

61 titles

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 Wak…

Known for

Film credits

1970s · 12 titles

Sex Family poster
4.6

A critique of the Japanese family, seen here as militaristic, absurdly incestuous and patriarchal with the father dominating his family sexually and violently. Nihilistic destruction by the young ones seems to be the only way out.

Sex Family

1971

The Woman Who Wanted to Die poster
5.3

Mishima has just committed suicide. Two couples meet by accident at an inn in the countryside, the man and the woman, now, each with a new partner, who knew each other already for ten years...

The Woman Who Wanted to Die

1971

Sex Jack poster
5.3

A small gang of revolutionary students is hidden away by a small-time thief. While they are in hiding, everyone except the thief takes turns engaging in sexual activities with a girl who appears unhappy and perhaps unwilling, having had the misfortune of getting involved with them.

Sex Jack

1970

No artwork available
NR

Pink film by Kan Mukai.

History of Japanese Night Crawling Customs

1970

Women Hell Song poster
4.8

The roaming outlaw Okayo, also known as Benten due to the prominent tattoo of the Buddhist Goddess of Love emblazoned across her back. On the run from her persecutors, who seek to claim the tattoo and its skin canvas as a bounty, Okayo finds a safe haven in the arms of the mysterious shakuhachi (bamboo flute) playing Seigaku, himself tattooed with the image of Kisshoten, the Goddess of Prosperity.

Women Hell Song

1970

No artwork available
NR

Pinku from 1970.

Bijo, Chijo, Majo

1970

Nagumade Matte poster
NR

Pinku from 1971.

Nagumade Matte

1971

Itazura shojo poster
NR

Pink film 1971.

Itazura shojo

1971

No artwork available
NR

Pink film by Genji Nakamura.

Yokujô kazoku

1972

No artwork available
NR

Pinku from 1971.

Snake Obscene Embrace

1971

No artwork available
NR

Pink film directed by Mamoru Watanabe.

Poruno henreki

1972

No artwork available
NR

Pinku from 1970.

Majo-gari

1970

1960s · 43 titles

An Angel is Chasing Me poster
NR

A comedy-action film depicting a kind-hearted protagonist who, feeling disillusioned with the world, asks a hitman for assistance with suicide, only to find himself embroiled in a thrilling and hilarious journey involving money and women.

An Angel is Chasing Me

1961

Flowers in the rain poster
NR

A song-based action drama featuring hit songs by Hiroshi Inoue about a daughter who cries over an innocent crime and a young man who bravely stands up for the truth to help her.

Flowers in the rain

1960

Ningen Gari poster
NR

A detective sets out on a manhunt to catch a murderer before the crime's statue of limitations runs out.

Ningen Gari

1962

The Rambler on a Pearl Farm poster
NR

Set in Uwajima, Shikoku, an action film starring Akira Kobayashi who uncovers evils related to pearl farming.

The Rambler on a Pearl Farm

1960

Kage no nai yōfu poster
NR

1960 Japanese movie

Kage no nai yōfu

1960

Take Aim at the Police Van poster
6.2

A sniper kills two prisoners in a police van, and the driver sets out to find the killer.

Take Aim at the Police Van

1960

The Ama's Mysterious Pearl poster
NR

Early film directed by Satoru Kobayashi.

The Ama's Mysterious Pearl

1963

Flesh Market poster
3.0

Three women are kidnapped by a sadistic lunatic and forced to "entertain" his co-workers and friends.

Flesh Market

1962

Keiji monogatari Tōkyō no meiro poster
6.0

No synopsis available yet.

Keiji monogatari Tōkyō no meiro

1960

Man at the Bullfight poster
9.0

An unprecedented, extravagant, passionate film set in Spain and Southern Europe. It depicts the passionate Yujiro who risks his life to invite bullfighting.

Man at the Bullfight

1960

Shōjo poster
NR

1961 Japanese movie

Shōjo

1961

Vice Doctor poster
10.0

Pinku from 1966.

Vice Doctor

1966

The Thirst of the Female Body poster
NR

Pink film by Giichi Nishihara.

The Thirst of the Female Body

1968

He's the Witness poster
NR

Takuya witnesses the homicide of the detective leading an investigation into the murder of the chairman of the People’s Economic Association, and he disguises himself.

He's the Witness

1960

Doronuma no yorokobi poster
NR

Pinku from 1965.

Doronuma no yorokobi

1965

Okinawan Horror: Upside-Down Ghost - Chinese Horror: Breaking a Coffin poster
5.0

During a fever, Tateo, the male protagonist believes he is dying and has the hallucination that his beautiful wife, Reiko (Tamaki Katori), the daughter of a wealthy family, is having an affair w/ another man. He then tells her an ancient Chinese story: the ancient Chinese philosopher Zhuangzi wanted to test the faithfulness of his wife, so he faked his own death; the wife was grief-stricken and went into mourning. While funeral arrangements were in progress, a handsome young man came to call on Zhuangzi. Zhuangzi's wife soon fell into love w/ the young man and decided to marry hi. However, the young man fell ill; his servant said that the only medicine to cure him is human brain. Zhuangzi's wife eventually decided to break his husband's coffin and take his brain. However the young man turns out be Zhuangzi in disguise.

Okinawan Horror: Upside-Down Ghost - Chinese Horror: Breaking a Coffin

1962

Sweet Trap poster
4.7

An office worker who dreams of a peaceful happiness with her boyfriend is forced into prostitution by yakuza.

Sweet Trap

1963

No artwork available
NR

Pinku from 1966.

From the Flower and the Serpent, Bind to the Bones

1966

Abnormal Reaction: Ecstasy poster
4.0

Low budget erotic thriller about a grieving widow who discovers that - perhaps - her husband is really alive

Abnormal Reaction: Ecstasy

1967

Midareta kankei poster
10.0

1967 Japanese movie

Midareta kankei

1967

Sexy Diary poster
4.5

A famous actress is being blackmailed with incriminating photos by a gangster trio and takes terrible revenge.

Sexy Diary

1965

The Devil's Sigh poster
NR

Japanese crime film

The Devil's Sigh

1960

Payment for Adultery poster
5.0

A married woman has an affair. She soon must deal with a menacing voice on the phone...

Payment for Adultery

1963

Pink Telephone poster
NR

One day, the sleazy Tomoko accompanies the pimp Ken to a popular dating club. She's a little dim-witted and always makes mistakes, but she's hard to hate.

Pink Telephone

1967

Blood of Lust Is Dripping poster
4.3

A man who was once a student activist marries the daughter of the head of a big trust company. He uses his position as an elite salaryman to do whatever he pleases. However, a shadow from his past starts to creep into his life...

Blood of Lust Is Dripping

1965

No artwork available
4.3

Pinku directed by Kôji Wakamatsu.

Ecstasy of Wickedness

1964

New Torture Punishment History Torture poster
NR

Three stories of torture, set in Japan's Sengoku, Kan'ei and Genroku eras.

New Torture Punishment History Torture

1966

Savage Women poster
3.7

Second Pink film by Wakamatsu

Savage Women

1963

No artwork available
NR

Pinku from 1967.

Female Trap

1967

Oiroke sakusen poster
4.0

No synopsis available yet.

Oiroke sakusen

1963

Nikutai no yûwaku poster
9.0

A wife dissatisfied with their sex life and her husband who is about to leave on a long overseas business trip. Unable to resist the temptations of men creeping up on her, she falls into a descent into depravity...

Nikutai no yûwaku

1967

Beautiful Villian poster
NR

Murayama, a diligent businessman, is 25 years old and still a virgin. His boss invites him to a bar where he is introduced to a new woman. His boss warns him, "She's a professional, don't get too serious," but he continues to frequent the bar and gets sucked deeper into it. He has no idea that the woman is being kept by an S&M man...

Beautiful Villian

1966

Iro nusutto poster
NR

A voluptuous body shared by father and son! A tragedy of desire born from sexual convention!

Iro nusutto

1965

The Staircase of Sex poster
10.0

This film, which depicts a woman's instinct to chase after the image of another man while having sex with her husband, has quickly become a hot topic in the adult film industry. What if such a sex demon was hiding inside your lover or your beloved wife? This film will linger in the hearts of viewers, blending a sense of instinct akin to terror.

The Staircase of Sex

1968

New Jack & Betty poster
NR

The lustful desires of a bourgeois family for a "meeting".

New Jack & Betty

1969

To Aim For poster
NR

Tamaki Katori, the first "Pink Queen," is violated in the freezing snowy mountains. Her passionate performance in the snow will leave you speechless. Three men and one woman who stole a large sum of money, and even a man who was supposed to be dead...

To Aim For

1967

No artwork available
NR

Pinku from 1965.

Jealousy Trap

1965

No artwork available
NR

Pink film directed by Giichi Nishihara.

Oiroke tenshi

1969

No artwork available
NR

Pinku from 1969.

Kôshoku kinchaku kiri no onna

1969

Michi no Sex poster
5.2

A black and white movie by Osamu Yamashita.

Michi no Sex

1966

No artwork available
NR

Pinku from 1966.

Maiden Flesh

1965

No artwork available
8.0

A Japanese rural girl, looking for work, unknowingly wanders into a brothel, becomes a prostitute, and is successful until she falls victim to a plot. Simple-minded gossip, at times unintentionally ridiculous.

Misused

1966

No artwork available
4.7

Probable Pink movie from Koji Wakamatsu.

Mesuinu no Kake

1964

Behind the camera