Toshio Matsumoto
Born: 1932-03-25 in Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
Died: 2017-04-12
Known For: Directing
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.
Filmography
2018
- The Devil In Mary ... (Thanks)
2012
- Toro Axe Part 3: All Things Change ... (Director)
2002
- Under the Skin as Himself
1992
- Dissimulation ... (Director)
1990
- Old/New ... (Director)
1988
- Dogra Magra ... (Director)
1987
1986
- 1986 Summer ... (Director)
1985
- Sway ... (Director)
- EE Control ... (Director)
1984
- Vibration ... (Director)
- Delay Exposure ... (Director)
- Wave ... (Director)
1981
- Connection ... (Director)
1980
- Ki or Breathing ... (Director)
- Kimoto ... (Director)
1979
- White Hole ... (Director)
1978
- Enigma: Nazo ... (Director)
1976
- The War of the 16 Year Olds ... (Director)
1975
- Phantom ... (Director)
- Everything Visible Is Empty ... (Director)
- Murder Catalogue ... (Director)
- Atman ... (Director)
- A Girl ... (Director)
1974
- Andy Warhol: Re-Reproduction ... (Director)
- Fly ... (Director)
1972
- Autonomy ... (Director)
1971
- Demons ... (Director)
- Metastasis ... (Director)
1970
- Space Projection Ako ... (Director)
1969
- Funeral Parade of Roses ... (Director)
- Ecstasis ... (Director)
1968
- Magnetic Scramble ... (Director)
- For My Crushed Right Eye ... (Director)
1967
- Mothers ... (Director)
1964
- Nippon Express Carries the Olympics to Tokyo ... (Co-Director)
1963
- The Song of Stone ... (Director)
- Nichiray a la carte ... (Script)
1962
- I'm Nylon ... (Director)
1961
- The Catch ... (Screenplay)
- The Weavers of Nishijin ... (Director)
1960
- Record of A Long White Line ... (Director)
1959
- 300 Ton Trailer ... (Director)
- Security Treaty ... (Director)
1957
- Caisson ... (Director)
1955
- Silver Wheel ... (Director)