Funeral Parade of Roses • 1969 • Toshio MatsumotoFuneral Parade of Roses is a 1969 Ja

Funeral Parade of Roses • 1969 • Toshio Matsumoto

Funeral Parade of Roses is a 1969 Japanese drama film directed and written by Toshio Matsumoto, loosely adapted from Oedipus Rex and set in the underground gay culture of 1960s Tokyo. A product of the Japanese New Wave, the film combines elements of arthouse, documentary and experimental cinema. Stanley Kubrick cited Matsumoto’s film as a major influence on the production design and aesthetic of 1972’s A Clockwork Orange.