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.
Personal Details
Also Known As
Movies (50)
The Devil In Mary
Thanks (Crew)
2018
Discovery of Image – The Era of Toshio Matsumoto
2017
KIKAIDE MIRUKOTO = Eye Machine / To See by Chance –The Pioneers of Japanese Video Arts–
2013
Toro Axe Part 3: All Things Change
Director (Directing)
2012
Filming the Unfilmable: An Interview with Toshio Matsumoto
as self
2003
Under the Skin
as Himself
2002
Dissimulation
Director (Directing)
1992
Old/New
Director (Directing)
1990
Dogra Magra
Director (Directing)
1988
Engram
1987
1986 Summer
Director (Directing)
1986
Sway
Director (Directing)
1985
EE Control
Director (Directing)
1985
Wave
Director (Directing)
1984
Vibration
Director (Directing)
1984
Delay Exposure
Director (Directing)
1984
Shift
Director (Directing)
1982
Relation
Director (Directing)
1982
Connection
Director (Directing)
1981
Ki or Breathing
Director (Directing)
1980
Kimoto
Director (Directing)
1980
White Hole
Director (Directing)
1979
Enigma: Nazo
Director (Directing)
1978
The War of the 16 Year Olds
Director (Directing)
1976
Atman
Director (Directing)
1975
A Girl
Director (Directing)
1975
Phantom
Director (Directing)
1975
Everything Visible Is Empty
Director (Directing)
1975
Murder Catalogue
Director (Directing)
1975
Fly
Director (Directing)
1974
Andy Warhol: Re-Reproduction
Director (Directing)
1974
Mona Lisa
Director (Directing)
1973
Expansion
Director (Directing)
1973
Autonomy
Director (Directing)
1972
Metastasis
Director (Directing)
1971
Demons
Director (Directing)
1971
Space Projection Ako
Director (Directing)
1970
Funeral Parade of Roses
Director (Directing)
1969
Ecstasis
Director (Directing)
1969
For My Crushed Right Eye
Director (Directing)
1968
Magnetic Scramble
Director (Directing)
1968
Mothers
Director (Directing)
1967
Nippon Express Carries the Olympics to Tokyo
Director (Directing)
1964
Nichiray a la carte
Script (Crew)
1963
The Song of Stone
Director (Directing)
1963
I'm Nylon
Director (Directing)
1962
The Weavers of Nishijin
Director (Directing)
1961
The Catch
Screenplay (Writing)
1961
Record of A Long White Line
Director (Directing)
1960
Security Treaty
Director (Directing)
1959