Toshio Matsumoto
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- March 25, 1932
- Died
- April 12, 2017 (aged 85)
- Birthplace
- Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
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 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
Photos
Filmography
Toro Axe Part 3: All Things Change
Movie · Director
Dissimulation
Movie · Director
Old/New
Movie · Director
Dogra Magra
Movie · Director
Engram
Movie · Director
1986 Summer
Movie · Director
Sway
Movie · Director
EE Control
Movie · Director
Wave
Movie · Director
Delay Exposure
Movie · Director
Vibration
Movie · Director
Shift
Movie · Director
Relation
Movie · Director
Connection
Movie · Director
Kimoto
Movie · Director
Ki or Breathing
Movie · Director
White Hole
Movie · Director
Enigma: Nazo
Movie · Director
The War of the 16 Year Olds
Movie · Director
Atman
Movie · Director
A Girl
Movie · Director
Phantom
Movie · Director
Everything Visible Is Empty
Movie · Director
Murder Catalogue
Movie · Director
Andy Warhol: Re-Reproduction
Movie · Director
Fly
Movie · Director
Mona Lisa
Movie · Director
Expansion
Movie · Director
Autonomy
Movie · Director
Demons
Movie · Director
Metastasis
Movie · Director
Space Projection Ako
Movie · Director
Funeral Parade of Roses
Movie · Director
Ecstasis
Movie · Director
For My Crushed Right Eye
Movie · Director
Magnetic Scramble
Movie · Director
Mothers
Movie · Director
Nippon Express Carries the Olympics to Tokyo
Movie · Co-Director
The Song of Stone
Movie · Director
I'm Nylon
Movie · Director
The Weavers of Nishijin
Movie · Director
Record of A Long White Line
Movie · Director
Security Treaty
Movie · Director
300 Ton Trailer
Movie · Director
Caisson
Movie · Director
Silver Wheel
Movie · Director