Toshio Matsumoto
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- March 25, 1932
- Died
- April 12, 2017
- Birthplace
- Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
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.
Filmography
The Devil In Mary 2018
Thanks
Discovery of Image – The Era of Toshio Matsumoto 2017
Actor
KIKAIDE MIRUKOTO = Eye Machine / To See by Chance –The Pioneers of Japanese Video Arts– 2013
Actor
Toro Axe Part 3: All Things Change 2012
Director
- Filming the Unfilmable: An Interview with Toshio Matsumoto
Filming the Unfilmable: An Interview with Toshio Matsumoto 2003
as self
Under the Skin 2002
as Himself
Dissimulation 1992
Director
Old/New 1990
Director
Dogra Magra 1988
Director, Screenplay
Engram 1987
Actor, Director
1986 Summer 1986
Director
EE Control 1985
Director
Sway 1985
Director
Wave 1984
Director
Vibration 1984
Director
Delay Exposure 1984
Director
Relation 1982
Director
Shift 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, Screenplay
Atman 1975
Director, Editor
A Girl 1975
Director
Murder Catalogue 1975
Director
Everything Visible Is Empty 1975
Director
Phantom 1975
Director
Fly 1974
Director
- Andy Warhol: Re-Reproduction
Andy Warhol: Re-Reproduction 1974
Director
Mona Lisa 1973
Director
Expansion 1973
Director
Autonomy 1972
Director
Metastasis 1971
Director
Demons 1971
Director, Screenplay
Space Projection Ako 1970
Director
Funeral Parade of Roses 1969
Screenplay, Director
Ecstasis 1969
Director
For My Crushed Right Eye 1968
Director
- Magnetic Scramble
Magnetic Scramble 1968
Director
Mothers 1967
Director
Nippon Express Carries the Olympics to Tokyo 1964
Co-Director
- Nichiray a la carte
Nichiray a la carte 1963
Script
The Song of Stone 1963
Director
I'm Nylon 1962
Director
The Weavers of Nishijin 1961
Director, Screenplay
The Catch 1961
Screenplay
Record of A Long White Line 1960
Director
Security Treaty 1959
Writer, Director
300 Ton Trailer 1959
Director
Caisson 1957
Director
Silver Wheel 1955
Director, Screenplay
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