Toshio Matsumoto

Toshio Matsumoto 松本 俊夫 Matsumoto Toshio March 25 1932 April 12 2017 was a Japanese film director a pioneer of avantgarde 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 1969s wildly experimental Funeral Parade of Roses also known as Bara no soretsu Funeral Parade of Roses influenced Stanley Kubricks 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