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 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.
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)
- Wave ... (Director)
- Delay Exposure ... (Director)
1981
- Connection ... (Director)
1980
- Kimoto ... (Director)
- Ki or Breathing ... (Director)
1979
- White Hole ... (Director)
1978
- Enigma: Nazo ... (Director)
1976
- The War of the 16 Year Olds ... (Director)
1975
- Atman ... (Director)
- Everything Visible Is Empty ... (Director)
- Phantom ... (Director)
- Murder Catalogue ... (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 ... (Screenplay)
- Ecstasis ... (Director)
1968
- For My Crushed Right Eye ... (Director)
- Magnetic Scramble ... (Director)
1967
- Mothers ... (Director)
1964
- Nippon Express Carries the Olympics to Tokyo ... (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 ... (Writer)
1957
- Caisson ... (Director)
1955
- Silver Wheel ... (Director)