Funeral Parade of Roses (Bara No Soretsu)
Art Theatre Guild (1969)
Drama, Foreign, Queer Themes/Interest
In Collection
#1673
9*
Seen ItYes
(November 2019+ Home)
5060000402261
IMDB   8.0
104 mins USA / English
DVD 
Pîtâ Eddie
Osamu Ogasawara Leda
Yoshimi Jô Jimi
Koichi Nakamura Juju
Flamenco Umeji Greco
Saako Oota Mari
Tarô Manji Nora
Toyosaburo Uchiyama Guevara
Mikio Shibayama Philosopher
Wataru Hikonagi Sabu
Fuchisumi Gomi Piro
Chieko Kobayashi Okei
Yô Satô Radon
Keiichi Takenaga Humpback
Mamoru Hirata
Nagatoshi Sakamoto
Kazuhiko Kura
Akira Hanaue
Takashi Tabata
Yutaka Oyama
Kenji Kodama
Yukimasa Natori
Yukio Ninagawa Himself
Yoshihiro Nakadai
Haruhiko Saitô
Director
Toshio Matsumoto
Producer Sumiko Fujisawa
Mitsuru Kudo
Writer/Composer Toshio Matsumoto
Cinematography Tatsuo Suzuki
Music Jôji Yuasa


A feverish collision of avant-garde aesthetics and grind-house shocks, Funeral Parade of Roses takes us on an electrifying journey into the nether-regions of the late-’60s Tokyo underworld. In Toshio Matsumoto’s controversial debut feature, seemingly nothing is taboo: neither the incorporation of visual flourishes straight from the worlds of contemporary graphic-design, painting, comic-books, and animation; nor the unflinching depiction of nudity, sex, drug-use, and public-toilets. But of all the “transgressions” here on display, perhaps one in particular stands out the most: the film’s groundbreaking and unapologetic portrayal of Japanese gay subculture.
"It is very loosely based on the ancient Greek legend of OEDIPUS (the guy who slept with his mum and then killed his dad). The difference in writer/director TOSHIO MATSUMOTO ‘S movie is that Eddie the transgender protagonist (PÎTÂ) sleeps with his father and murders his mother." [QueerGuru]
Edition Details
Edition The Masters of Cinema Series
Original Title Bara No Soretsu
Release Date 2006
No. of Discs/Tapes 1
Personal Details
Purchase Date 6/9/2019
Location Personal Library
Owner Deitz
Store Amazon - Charlie's Media
Purchase Price $34.75
Condition Used
Order Order# 112-0925358-5269819
Tags Cult, Japan
Links +4/4 Review Roger Ebert (Simon Abrams June 9, 2017 )
-4 Review: QueerGuru (Roger Walker-Dack June 15th, 2017)
Bara no soretsu at Core for Movies
IMDB
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References
Lists ‡ Rotten Tomatoes: 200 Best LGBT Movies of All Time
QueerGuru Rating 4
Rotten Critics Rating % (2021) 100
Rotten Best Queer #1-200 (2021) 23

Notes

See review by Simon Abrams @ Roger Ebert

See review Roger Walker-Dack @ QueerGuru.