Toshio Matsumoto

Toshio Matsumoto

Birthdate
March 25, 1932 (92 years old)
Place of Birth
Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
Date of Death
April 12, 2017
Known For
Directing

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Birthdate
March 25, 1932 (92 years old)
Place of Birth
Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
Date of Death
April 12, 2017
Known For
Directing

Biography

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 trans person (portrayed by Pîta) trying to move up in the world of the Japanese hostess clubs.

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.

Toshio Matsumoto's LGBTQ+ Titles

Funeral Parade of Roses
Funeral Parade of Roses
Director

Acting (2)

2002
Under the Skin as Himself
1987
Engram

Directing (46)

2012
Toro Axe Part 3: All Things Change • Director
• Director
1992
Dissimulation • Director
• Director
1990
Old/New • Director
• Director
1988
Dogra Magra • Director
• Director
1987
Engram • Director
• Director
1986
1986 Summer • Director
• Director
1985
Sway • Director
• Director
1985
EE Control • Director
• Director
1984
Wave • Director
• Director
1984
Delay Exposure • Director
• Director
1984
Vibration • Director
• Director
1982
Shift • Director
• Director
1982
Relation • Director
• Director
1981
Connection • Director
• Director
1980
Ki or Breathing • Director
• Director
1980
Kimoto • Director
• Director
1979
White Hole • Director
• Director
1978
Enigma: Nazo • Director
• Director
1976
The War of the 16 Year Olds • Director
• Director
1975
Atman • Director
• Director
1975
A Girl • Director
• Director
1975
Phantom • Director
• Director
1975
Everything Visible Is Empty • Director
• Director
1975
Murder Catalogue • Director
• Director
1974
Fly • Director
• Director
1974
Andy Warhol: Re-Reproduction • Director
• Director
1973
Mona Lisa • Director
• Director
1972
Autonomy • Director
• Director
1972
Expansion • Director
• Director
1971
Metastasis • Director
• Director
1971
Demons • Director
• Director
1970
Space Projection Ako • Director
• Director
1969
• Director
1969
Ecstasis • Director
• Director
1968
For My Crushed Right Eye • Director
• Director
1968
Magnetic Scramble • Director
• Director
1967
Mothers • Director
• Director
1964
Nippon Express Carries the Olympics to Tokyo • Director
• Director
1963
The Song of Stone • Director
• Director
1962
I'm Nylon • Director
• Director
1961
The Weavers of Nishijin • Director
• Director
1960
Record of A Long White Line • Director
• Director
1959
Security Treaty • Director
• Director
1959
300 Ton Trailer • Director
• Director
1957
Caisson • Director
• Director
1955
Silver Wheel • Director
• Director

Editing (1)

1975
Atman • Editor
• Editor

Writing (7)

1988
Dogra Magra • Screenplay
• Screenplay
1976
The War of the 16 Year Olds • Writer
• Writer
1971
Demons • Screenplay
• Screenplay
1969
• Screenplay
1961
The Weavers of Nishijin • Screenplay
• Screenplay
1961
The Catch • Screenplay
• Screenplay
1959
Security Treaty • Writer
• Writer

Crew (1)

1963
Nichiray a la carte • Script
• Script