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Profile of Toshio Matsumoto
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Toshio Matsumoto |
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25th March 1932 |
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Nagoya, Aichi, Japan |
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From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia
Toshio Matsumoto (b. March 25, 1932) is a Japanese film director and writer. He was born in Nagoya, Aichi, Japan. Abbas graduated from Tokyo University in 1955.
His first short was Ginrin, which he made in 1955, however his most famous film is Bara no soretsu (a/k/a Funeral Parade of Roses). Bara no soretsu influenced Stanley Kubrick's film A Clockwork Orange heavily. The film was a retelling of Oedipus Rex, featuring a transsexual (portrayed by Peter (actor)) trying to move up in the world of the Japanese gay bars.
Matsumoto has published many books of photography and is currently a professor and dean of Arts at the Kyoto University of Art and Design. He is also the President of the Japan Society of Image Arts and Sciences.
Filmography
As Director & Writer:
- Ginrin (1955)
- Senkan (1956)
- Haru o yobu kora (1959)
- Nishijin (1960)
- Song of the Stones (1960)
- Hahatachi (1967)
- Tsuburekakatta migime no tame ni (1968)
- Bara no soretsu (1969)
- Shura (1971)
- Juroku-sai no senso (1973)
- Dogura magura (1988)
As Writer Only:
Bibliography
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