Toshio Matsumoto
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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 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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Funeral Parade of Roses (1969)
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Demons (1971)
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Dogra Magra (1988)
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Ecstasis (1969)
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Mothers (1967)
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Ki or Breathing (1980)
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The War of the 16 Year Olds (1976)
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Metastasis (1971)
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Phantom (1975)
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Engram (1987)
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Atman (1975)
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White Hole (1979)
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Delay Exposure (1984)
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Mona Lisa (1973)
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Everything Visible Is Empty (1975)
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The Weavers of Nishijin (1961)
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1986 Summer (1986)
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Connection (1981)
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Shift (1982)
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The Song of Stone (1963)
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Magnetic Scramble (1968)
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Space Projection Ako (1970)
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Silver Wheel (1955)
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Wave (1984)
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A Girl (1975)
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Andy Warhol: Re-Reproduction (1974)
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Relation (1982)
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Autonomy (1972)
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300 Ton Trailer (1959)
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Murder Catalogue (1975)
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Security Treaty (1959)
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For My Crushed Right Eye (1968)
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Expansion (1973)
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Kimoto (1980)
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Fly (1974)
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EE Control (1985)
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Record of A Long White Line (1960)
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Vibration (1984)
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Toro Axe Part 3: All Things Change (2012)
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Enigma: Nazo (1978)
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Caisson (1957)
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Sway (1985)
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Dissimulation (1992)
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Old/New (1990)
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I'm Nylon (1962)
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