Toshio Matsumoto
March 25, 1932 · 94 years old
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 fir…
Known For
4 titles
Funeral Parade of Roses
The trials and tribulations of Eddie and other transvestites in Japan.
Demons
After being robbed by a geisha, a ronin warrior carves a bloody path to seek revenge.
Dogra Magra
A young man kills his bride on the day of his marriage and goes insane. He wakes up in an asylum with no memory, left in the hands of two mysterious doctors who relate his condition with his biological identity.
The Catch
Towards the end of WWII, a black American pilot is captured and imprisoned by rural Japanese villagers, who await official instructions as to how to proceed with their "catch."