Directing
Toshio Matsumoto
EN, JA, XX cinema · 53 credits
Born
25 March 1932
Died
12 April 2017 (aged 85)
Birthplace
Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
Also known as 松本 俊夫 · 마츠모토 토시오
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.
Known for
Filmography
Under the Skin
as Himself
Dissimulation
Director
Old/New
Director
Dogra Magra
Director, Screenplay
Engram
Actor, Director
1986 Summer
Director
Sway
Director
EE Control
Director
Wave
Director
Vibration
Director
Delay Exposure
Director
Shift
Director
Relation
Director
Connection
Director
Kimoto
Director
Ki or Breathing
Director
White Hole
Director
Enigma: Nazo
Director
The War of the 16 Year Olds
Director, Screenplay
Atman
Director, Editor
A Girl
Director
Phantom
Director
Murder Catalogue
Director
Fly
Director
Mona Lisa
Director
Expansion
Director
Autonomy
Director
Demons
Director, Screenplay
Metastasis
Director
Funeral Parade of Roses
Director, Screenplay
Ecstasis
Director
Mothers
Director
The Song of Stone
Director
I'm Nylon
Director
The Weavers of Nishijin
Director, Screenplay
The Catch
Screenplay
Security Treaty
Director, Writer
Caisson
Director
Silver Wheel
Director, Screenplay