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Toshio Matsumoto
Born
25 March 1932
Died
12 April 2017
Place
Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
Directing

Toshio Matsumoto

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.

As director

Toro Axe Part 3: All Things Change

Toro Axe Part 3: All Things Change

2012 · Director
Dissimulation

Dissimulation

1992 · Director
Old/New

Old/New

1990 · Director
Dogra Magra

Dogra Magra

1988 · Director
Engram

Engram

1987 · Director
1986 Summer

1986 Summer

1986 · Director
Sway

Sway

1985 · Director
EE Control

EE Control

1985 · Director
Wave

Wave

1984 · Director
Vibration

Vibration

1984 · Director
Delay Exposure

Delay Exposure

1984 · Director
Shift

Shift

1982 · Director
Relation

Relation

1982 · Director
Connection

Connection

1981 · Director
Kimoto

Kimoto

1980 · Director
Ki or Breathing

Ki or Breathing

1980 · Director
White Hole

White Hole

1979 · Director
Enigma: Nazo

Enigma: Nazo

1978 · Director
The War of the 16 Year Olds

The War of the 16 Year Olds

1976 · Director
Atman

Atman

1975 · Director
A Girl

A Girl

1975 · Director
Phantom

Phantom

1975 · Director
Everything Visible Is Empty

Everything Visible Is Empty

1975 · Director
Murder Catalogue

Murder Catalogue

1975 · Director

Andy Warhol: Re-Reproduction

1974 · Director
Fly

Fly

1974 · Director
Mona Lisa

Mona Lisa

1973 · Director
Expansion

Expansion

1973 · Director
Autonomy

Autonomy

1972 · Director
Demons

Demons

1971 · Director

As actor

Discovery of Image – The Era of Toshio Matsumoto

Discovery of Image – The Era of Toshio Matsumoto

2017
KIKAIDE MIRUKOTO = Eye Machine / To See by Chance –The Pioneers of Japanese Video Arts–

KIKAIDE MIRUKOTO = Eye Machine / To See by Chance –The Pioneers of Japanese Video Arts–

2013

Filming the Unfilmable: An Interview with Toshio Matsumoto

2003 · self
Under the Skin

Under the Skin

2002 · Himself
Engram

Engram

1987