Tamaki Katori

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