Masao Adachi & Kôji Wakamatsu

In 1966, Masao Adachi crossed paths with Kôji Wakamatsu, a young filmmaker who had already made a name for himself with his self-produced challenging erotic films, thanks to his aesthetic prowess and noteworthy productivity - at times churning out close to 10 films a year- as well as a diplomatic scandal which added a tinge of notoriety to his reputation. Adachi was drawn to the rebellious yet accessible potential of the Pink genre, through which subversion is achieved by using nudity to subtly dissimulate a larger political message. While Wakamatsu was already exploiting the concept, his collaboration with Adachi managed to deepen his political engagement. United by their unruly anti-establishment rules, Wakamatsu and Adachi complemented each other to perfection and lived the revolution in their respective manner: Wakamatsu with the idea that film was a way to "kill cops without going to prison", and Adachi deciding that there was no need to choose between a gun and a camera when you have two hands at your disposal.