
Toshio Matsumoto
Personal Info
Known for
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1932-03-25
Day of Death
2017-04-12 (85 years old)
Place of Birth
Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
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 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
Acting
(2013)
(2002)
Under the Skin
as Himself
(1987)
Crew
(2018)
The Devil In Mary
Thanks
(2012)
(1992)
Dissimulation
Director
(1990)
Old/New
Director
(1988)
Dogra Magra
Director, Screenplay
(1987)
Engram
Director
(1986)
1986 Summer
Director
(1985)
Sway
Director
(1985)
EE Control
Director
(1984)
Wave
Director
(1984)
Delay Exposure
Director
(1984)
Vibration
Director
(1982)
Shift
Director
(1982)
Relation
Director
(1981)
Connection
Director
(1980)
Kimoto
Director
(1980)
Ki or Breathing
Director
(1979)
White Hole
Director
(1978)
Enigma: Nazo
Director
(1976)
The War of the 16 Year Olds
Director, Screenplay
(1975)
Atman
Director, Editor
(1975)
A Girl
Director
(1975)
Phantom
Director
(1975)
Everything Visible Is Empty
Director
(1975)
Murder Catalogue
Director
(1974)
Andy Warhol: Re-Reproduction
Director
(1974)
Fly
Director
(1973)
Mona Lisa
Director
(1972)
Autonomy
Director
(1972)
Expansion
Director
(1971)
Demons
Director, Screenplay
(1971)
Metastasis
Director
(1970)
Space Projection Ako
Director
(1969)
Funeral Parade of Roses
Director, Screenplay
(1969)
Ecstasis
Director
(1968)
For My Crushed Right Eye
Director
(1968)
Magnetic Scramble
Director
(1967)
Mothers
Director
(1964)
(1963)
Nichiray a la carte
Script
(1963)
The Song of Stone
Director
(1962)
I'm Nylon
Director
(1961)
The Weavers of Nishijin
Director, Screenplay
(1961)
The Catch
Screenplay
(1960)
Record of A Long White Line
Director
(1959)
Security Treaty
Director, Writer
(1959)
300 Ton Trailer
Director
(1957)
Caisson
Director
(1955)
Silver Wheel
Director