Toshio Matsumoto

Directing·Mar 25, 1932·Nagoya, Aichi, Japan

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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 films, multimedia, and video in his homeland and abroad. Born in Nagoya, Aichi, Japan and a graduate from Tokyo University in 1955, his first short was Ginrin, which he made in 1955, however his most famous work is 1969's wildly experimental Funeral Parade of Roses (also known as Bara no soretsu). A retelling of Oedipus Rex, a trans person (portrayed by Pîta) tries to move up in the world of the Japanese hostess clubs. Funeral Parade of Roses heavily influenced Stanley Kubrick's A Clockwork Orange (1971). 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.

Film	Credit
Toro Axe Part 3: All Things Change2012 · Director	Director
Dissimulation1992 · Director	Director
Old/New1990 · Director	Director
Dogra Magra1988 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Engram1987 · Actor, Director	Actor, Director
1986 Summer1986 · Director	Director
Sway1985 · Director	Director
EE Control1985 · Director	Director
Wave1984 · Director	Director
Delay Exposure1984 · Director	Director
Vibration1984 · Director	Director
Shift1982 · Director	Director
Relation1982 · Director	Director
Connection1981 · Director	Director
Ki or Breathing1980 · Director	Director
Kimoto1980 · Director	Director
White Hole1979 · Director	Director
Enigma: Nazo1978 · Director	Director
The War of the 16 Year Olds1976 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Atman1975 · Director	Director
A Girl1975 · Director	Director
Phantom1975 · Director	Director
Everything Visible Is Empty1975 · Director	Director
Murder Catalogue1975 · Director	Director
Fly1974 · Director	Director
AAndy Warhol: Re-Reproduction1974 · Director	Director
Mona Lisa1973 · Director	Director
Expansion1973 · Director	Director
Autonomy1972 · Director	Director
Metastasis1971 · Director	Director
Demons1971 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Space Projection Ako1970 · Director	Director
Funeral Parade of Roses1969 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Ecstasis1969 · Director	Director
For My Crushed Right Eye1968 · Director	Director
MMagnetic Scramble1968 · Director	Director
Mothers1967 · Director	Director
The Song of Stone1963 · Director	Director
I'm Nylon1962 · Director	Director
The Weavers of Nishijin1961 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Record of A Long White Line1960 · Director	Director
Security Treaty1959 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
300 Ton Trailer1959 · Director	Director
Caisson1957 · Director	Director
Silver Wheel1955 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay