Kōji Wakamatsu
At Nikkatsu, Katori continued playing supporting roles, notably in several early films directed by future "pink film" master, Kōji Wakamatsu. In his pre-"pink" days at Nikkatsu, from 1963 to 1965, Wakamatsu made 20 low-budget exploitation movies based on current events such as sensational crimes and disasters. Though at first the work was steady, Katori was barely surviving on the bit-part wages from Nikkatsu. When the major film studios started facing a decline in audiences, they began cutting back in film output. Katori's income suffered as well.