Toshio Matsumoto

Reżyseria, Scenariusz, Wydawca, Produkcja

25 marca 1932 — 12 kwietnia 2017 (85 years)
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 movies, multimedia, and video in his homeland and abroad. Matsumoto was born in Nagoya, Aichi, Japan and graduated from Tokyo University in 1955. His first short was Ginrin, which he made in 1955, however his most famous film is 1969's wildly experimental Funeral Parade of Roses (also known as Bara no soretsu). Funeral Parade of Roses influenced Stanley Kubrick's film A Clockwork Orange heavily. The film was a retelling of Oedipus Rex, featuring a trans person (portrayed by Pîta) trying to move up in the world of the Japanese hostess clubs.

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

  • Żałobna parada róż
    Żałobna parada róż1969
  • Demony
    Demony1971
  • Dogra Magra
    Dogra Magra1988
  • Everything Visible Is Empty
    Everything Visible Is Empty1975
  • Schwytany
    Schwytany1961
  • Ecstasis
    Ecstasis1969
  • 1986 Summer
    1986 Summer1986

Filmografia

1988
Dogra Magra · as Screenplay
1976
1971
Demons · as Screenplay
1969
Funeral Parade of Roses · as Screenplay
1961
The Catch · as Screenplay

2001
Short circuit · as Self

1969
Ecstasis · as Cinematographer