| Funeral Parade of Roses | |
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| Directed by | Toshio Matsumoto |
| Written by | Toshio Matsumoto |
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| Cinematography | Tatsuo Suzuki |
| Edited by | Toshie Iwasa |
| Music by | Joji Yuasa |
Production company | Matsumoto Productions |
| Distributed by | Art Theatre Guild |
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Running time | 105 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
Funeral Parade of Roses (薔薇の葬列, Bara no Sōretsu) is a 1969 Japanese drama art film directed and written by Toshio Matsumoto, loosely adapted from Oedipus Rex and set in the underground gay culture of 1960s Tokyo. It stars Peter as the protagonist, a young transgender woman, and features Osamu Ogasawara, Yoshio Tsuchiya and Emiko Azuma. A product of the Japanese New Wave, the film combines elements of arthouse, documentary and experimental cinema, and is thought to have influenced Stanley Kubrick's 1971 film adaptation of Anthony Burgess' novel A Clockwork Orange (although many of the points of comparison can also be found in earlier movies such as Rainer Werner Fassbinder's Love Is Colder Than Death).[1]
The film was released by A.T.G. (Art Theatre Guild) on 13 September 1969 in Japan; however, it did not receive a United States release until 29 October 1970. Matsumoto's previous film For My Crushed Right Eye contains some of the same footage and could be interpreted as a trailer for Funeral Parade. In June 2017, it received a 4K restoration and a limited theatrical rerelease.[2] In 2020, it received a limited edition Blu-ray release from the British Film Institute in the UK.[3]
- ^ ‘Funeral Parade of Roses’: Edgy 1969 Japanese drama that inspired Kubrick’s ‘A Clockwork Orange’ Dangerous Minds, 15 June 2016. Retrieved 13 August 2020.
- ^ "'Funeral Parade of Roses' Review: New 4K Restoration is Still Erotically Charged". Cinemacy. 14 June 2017. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
- ^ Funeral Parade of Roses (2-Disc Blu-ray)