Toshio Matsumoto
Known for: Directing
Born: March 24, 1932 in Nagoya, Aichi, Japan - Died: April 11, 2017
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.
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Under the Skin
Himself
KIKAIDE MIRUKOTO = Eye Machine / To See by Chance –The Pioneers of Japanese Video Arts–
Filming the Unfilmable: An Interview with Toshio Matsumoto
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Discovery of Image – The Era of Toshio Matsumoto
Funeral Parade of Roses
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Dogra Magra
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Kimoto
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Ecstasis
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For My Crushed Right Eye
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Demons
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Shift
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The War of the 16 Year Olds
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Atman
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White Hole
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Metastasis
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Magnetic Scramble
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Old/New
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Enigma: Nazo
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Ki or Breathing
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Mona Lisa
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Andy Warhol: Re-Reproduction
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I'm Nylon
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A Girl
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