Toshio Matsumoto
Personal Info
Know For
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1932-03-25 (85 years old)
Deathday
2017-04-12
Place of Birth
Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
Also known As
松本 俊夫
마츠모토 토시오
Toshio Matsumoto
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 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 ...
Acting
Production
1969
as Screenplay
1969
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1988
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1980
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1968
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1969
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1971
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1982
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1976
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1975
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1979
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1971
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1968
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1990
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1978
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1980
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1973
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1974
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1975
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1962
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1972
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1974
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1984
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1992
as Director
1963
as Script
1955
as Director
1975
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1967
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1963
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1961
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1975
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1981
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1961
as Screenplay
1987
as Director
1982
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1972
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1988
as Screenplay
1985
as Director
1970
as Director
1959
as Writer
1960
as Director
1959
as Director
1959
as Director
1961
as Screenplay
2018
as Thanks
1986
as Director
1975
as Editor
1984
as Director
1984
as Director
1971
as Screenplay
1985
as Director
2012
as Director
1975
as Director
1957
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1964
as Director
1976
as Screenplay
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