Toshio Matsumoto
Born
25 March 1932 (94)
Place of Birth
Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
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 Stanl...
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 (40)
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
2012
🎬 DirectorFilming the Unfilmable: An Interview with Toshio Matsumoto
2003
Under the Skin
2002
Dissimulation
1992
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Old/New
1990
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Dogra Magra
1988
Engram
1987
1986 Summer
1986
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Sway
1985
EE Control
1985
Wave
1984
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Vibration
1984
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Delay Exposure
1984
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Shift
1982
Relation
1982
Connection
1981
Ki or Breathing
1980
Kimoto
1980
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White Hole
1979
Enigma: Nazo
1978
The War of the 16 Year Olds
1976
Atman
1975
A Girl
1975
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Phantom
1975
Everything Visible Is Empty
1975
Murder Catalogue
1975
Fly
1974
🎬 DirectorAndy Warhol: Re-Reproduction
1974
Mona Lisa
1973
Expansion
1973
Autonomy
1972
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Metastasis
1971
Demons
1971
Space Projection Ako
1970
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Funeral Parade of Roses
1969
Ecstasis
1969
For My Crushed Right Eye
1968
Magnetic Scramble
1968
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