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Toshio Matsumoto
Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
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 h…
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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.
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2018
The Devil In Mary
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- 2013
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2012
Toro Axe Part 3: All Things Change
Movie Director
- 2003
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2002
Under the Skin
Movie Himself
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1992
Dissimulation
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1990
Old/New
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1988
Dogra Magra
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1987
Engram
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1986
1986 Summer
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1985
Sway
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1985
EE Control
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1984
Wave
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1984
Vibration
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1984
Delay Exposure
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1982
Shift
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1982
Relation
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1981
Connection
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1980
Ki or Breathing
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1980
Kimoto
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1979
White Hole
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1978
Enigma: Nazo
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1976
The War of the 16 Year Olds
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1975
Atman
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1975
A Girl
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1975
Phantom
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1975
Everything Visible Is Empty
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1975
Murder Catalogue
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1974
Fly
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1974
Andy Warhol: Re-Reproduction
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1973
Mona Lisa
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1973
Expansion
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1972
Autonomy
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1971
Metastasis
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1971
Demons
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1970
Space Projection Ako
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1969
Funeral Parade of Roses
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1969
Ecstasis
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1968
For My Crushed Right Eye
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