Toshio Matsumoto
Profile info
Known forDirecting
GenderMale
Birthday25 March 1932
Died12 April 2017 (age 85)
Place of birthNagoya, Aichi, Japan
Known credits53
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 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 heavil…
The Devil In Mary
2018 · Thanks
Discovery of Image – The Era of Toshio Matsumoto
2017
KIKAIDE MIRUKOTO = Eye Machine / To See by Chance –The Pioneers of Japanese Video Arts–
2013
Toro Axe Part 3: All Things Change
2012 · Director
Filming the Unfilmable: An Interview with Toshio Matsumoto
2003 · self
Under the Skin
2002 · Himself
Dissimulation
1992 · Director
Old/New
1990 · Director
Dogra Magra
1988 · Director
Dogra Magra
1988 · Screenplay
Engram
1987
Engram
1987 · Director
1986 Summer
1986 · Director
Sway
1985 · Director
EE Control
1985 · Director
Wave
1984 · Director
Vibration
1984 · Director
Delay Exposure
1984 · Director
Shift
1982 · Director
Relation
1982 · Director
Connection
1981 · Director
Ki or Breathing
1980 · Director
Kimoto
1980 · Director
White Hole
1979 · Director
Enigma: Nazo
1978 · Director
The War of the 16 Year Olds
1976 · Director
The War of the 16 Year Olds
1976 · Screenplay
Atman
1975 · Director
Atman
1975 · Editor
A Girl
1975 · Director
Phantom
1975 · Director
Everything Visible Is Empty
1975 · Director
Murder Catalogue
1975 · Director
Fly
1974 · Director
Andy Warhol: Re-Reproduction
1974 · Director
Mona Lisa
1973 · Director
Expansion
1973 · Director
Autonomy
1972 · Director
Metastasis
1971 · Director
Demons
1971 · Director
Demons
1971 · Screenplay
Space Projection Ako
1970 · Director
Funeral Parade of Roses
1969 · Director
Funeral Parade of Roses
1969 · Screenplay
Ecstasis
1969 · Director
For My Crushed Right Eye
1968 · Director
Magnetic Scramble
1968 · Director
Mothers
1967 · Director
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