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Toshio Matsumoto is a Director and Scriptwriter born on 25 march 1932
Toshio Matsumoto (松本 俊夫, Matsumoto Toshio) (né le 25 mars 1932) est un réalisateur et vidéaste japonais.
Matsumoto a publié de nombreux livres et photographies. il fût professeur et doyen de la Kyoto University of Art and Design. Il fut également président de la Japan Society of Image Arts and Sciences. Il vit actuellement à Tokyo.
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Birth 25 march 1932
Death 12 april 2017 (at 85 years)
Death 12 april 2017 (at 85 years)
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Matsumoto est né à Nagoya, Aichi, au Japon diplômé de l'université de Tokyo en 1955. La même année il tourne son premier court métrage Ginrin. Son œuvre la plus connue est Funeral Parade of Roses (薔薇の葬列, Bara no soretsu). Le film est influencé autant par l'effet de distanciation de Bertold Brecht pour le style, et Œdipe roi pour la trame narrative.Matsumoto a publié de nombreux livres et photographies. il fût professeur et doyen de la Kyoto University of Art and Design. Il fut également président de la Japan Society of Image Arts and Sciences. Il vit actuellement à Tokyo.
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Filmography of Toshio Matsumoto (5 films)
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Demons (1971)
, 2h15Directed by Toshio Matsumoto
Genres Drama, Horror
Actors Katsuo Nakamura, Jūrō Kara
Rating78%
The main character Gengobe (Katsuo Nakamura), an exile masterless samurai (Ronin), is facing a moral dilemma: either help a courtesan he loves, or join his clan in a campaign of honor. When the geisha and her husband rob him of his reinstatement money, Gengobe's guilt drives him to paths of distraction. As the story develops, secrets are revealed but the dark fate that portends is not avoided.
Funeral Parade of Roses (1969)
, 1h43Directed by Toshio Matsumoto
Origin Japon
Genres Drama, Documentary, Fantasy, Horror, Crime
Themes Films about families, Seafaring films, Films about sexuality, Transport films, LGBT-related films, Transgender in film, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Yoshio Tsuchiya, Toshiya Fujita, Yodogawa Nagaharu, Masato Harada, Masahiro Shinoda
Rating76%
The film follows the trials and tribulations of Eddie and other transvestites in Tokyo. The title is a pun, "rose"/"Bara" in Japanese is similar to the use of the word "pansy" in American slang.
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Demons (1971)
, 2h15Directed by Toshio Matsumoto
Genres Drama, Horror
Actors Katsuo Nakamura, Jūrō Kara
Rating78%
The main character Gengobe (Katsuo Nakamura), an exile masterless samurai (Ronin), is facing a moral dilemma: either help a courtesan he loves, or join his clan in a campaign of honor. When the geisha and her husband rob him of his reinstatement money, Gengobe's guilt drives him to paths of distraction. As the story develops, secrets are revealed but the dark fate that portends is not avoided.
Funeral Parade of Roses (1969)
, 1h43Directed by Toshio Matsumoto
Origin Japon
Genres Drama, Documentary, Fantasy, Horror, Crime
Themes Films about families, Seafaring films, Films about sexuality, Transport films, LGBT-related films, Transgender in film, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Yoshio Tsuchiya, Toshiya Fujita, Yodogawa Nagaharu, Masato Harada, Masahiro Shinoda
Rating76%
The film follows the trials and tribulations of Eddie and other transvestites in Tokyo. The title is a pun, "rose"/"Bara" in Japanese is similar to the use of the word "pansy" in American slang.
The Catch (1961)
, 1h45Directed by Nagisa Ōshima
Origin Japon
Genres Drama, War
Actors Rentarō Mikuni, Yoshi Katō, Yōko Mihara, Teruko Kishi, Sadako Sawamura, Kyū Sazanka
Rating67%
En 1945, au Japon, un pilote américain noir dont l'avion vient de s'écraser est recueilli par des paysans dans un village de montagne. Il est d'abord maintenu en captivité avant de devenir le "gibier d'élevage" du titre, considéré comme une bête humaine par les villageois.