Toshio Matsumoto
Directing
Birthday
1932/03/25
Day of death
2017/04/12 (85 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
Also know as
松本 俊夫, 마츠모토 토시오
Biography
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 Stanl...Read more
