Toshio Matsumoto
Directing
- Born
- March 25, 1932 · Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
- Died
- April 12, 2017 (age 85)
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).
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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
Funeral Parade of Roses
September 13, 1969
Demons
February 13, 1971
Dogra Magra
October 15, 1988
Atman
July 1, 1975
Phantom
January 1, 1975
The Catch
November 22, 1961
White Hole
February 1, 1979
Mona Lisa
August 21, 1973
For My Crushed Right Eye
October 1, 1968
Everything Visible Is Empty
January 1, 1975
Metastasis
March 20, 1971
The Weavers of Nishijin
December 1, 1961
Behind the camera48
- 2012Toro Axe Part 3: All Things Change Director
- 1992Dissimulation Director
- 1990Old/New Director
- 1988Dogra Magra Director, Screenplay
- 1987Engram Director
- 19861986 Summer Director
- 1985Sway Director
- 1985EE Control Director
- 1984Wave Director
- 1984Delay Exposure Director