Toshio Matsumoto

Matsumoto Toshio

  • Name: Matsumoto Toshio
  • Native name: 松本 俊夫
  • Nationality: Japanese
  • Gender: Male
  • Born: March 25, 1932
  • Died: April 12, 2017
Toshio Matsumoto (松本 俊夫 Matsumoto Toshio) (March 25, 1932 – April 12, 2017) was a Japanese film director, a pioneer of avant-garde experimental movies, multimedia, and video in his homeland and abroad. Matsumoto was born in Nagoya, Aichi, Japan and graduated from Tokyo University in 1955. His first short was Ginrin, which he made in 1955, however his most famous film is 1969's wildly experimental Funeral Parade of Roses (also known as Bara no soretsu). Funeral Parade of Roses influenced Stanley Kubrick's film A Clockwork Orange heavily. The film was a retelling of Oedipus Rex, featuring a transsexual (portrayed by Peter) trying to move up in the world of the Japanese gay bars.

Matsumoto published many books of photography and art and was a professor and dean of Arts at the Kyoto University of Art and Design. He was also the President of the Japan Society of Image Arts and Sciences.
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Director
Year Title Type Rating
1988 Dogra Magra
Movie
7.0
1982 Shift
Movie
8.0
1976 The War of the 16 Year Olds
Movie
6.0
1975 Atman
Movie
8.1
1967 Suhadabi no Tame no 12-sho
Movie
0.0
1963 The Song of Stone
Movie
6.0
Screenwriter & Director
Year Title Type Rating
1971 Shura
Movie
7.4
1969 Funeral Parade of Roses
Movie
7.5
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  • First Name: Toshio
  • Family Name: Matsumoto
  • Native name: 松本 俊夫
  • Nationality: Japanese
  • Gender: Male
  • Born: March 25, 1932
  • Died: April 12, 2017

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