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]