Funeral Parade of Roses movie

Year: 1969

Duration: 01:45:15

Directed by: Toshio Matsumoto

Actors: Pîtâ, Osamu Ogasawara, Toyosaburo Uchiyama

Language: Japanese (English subtitles)

Country: Japan

Also known as: Pfahl in meinem Fleisch, O Funeral das Rosas, Funeral Procession of Roses

Description: Eddie – transvestite and star in one of the gay clubs in Tokyo. He spends most of his time working in the club, acting in porn a friend of the Director, taking drugs and trying to find love. He wants to make love to one of the managers of the club, competing with another transvestite. But the results of this competition will be terrible.

Excellent work of art. A visual masterpiece. Aesthetic splendor.

This is my first acquaintance with Toshio Matsumoto and definitely not the last. Directing the work here is perfect. The film made a huge impression at least the picture, perhaps even if the movie had no plot, it would be worth a look at least for a visual component. Probably each frame can be hung on the wall and admire it… Yes, that’s fine.

Camera work and filming at height.

The structure of the film also seems very not normal. I am very surprised how they managed to combine so many different approaches and not to lose in the athmosphere. What seemingly should destroy the integrity, inexplicably turns out to be very appropriate for the frame. Yes, I repeat again: Toshio Matsumoto – gorgeous.

The film is very different from the West on this subject, where notably two approaches: either the saturation of the frame genitals (shocking so to speak…), or “soap”, which dominiruut at the Oscars… – Primitivism which presses on the pity/civility/tolerance of the viewer. The Matsumoto is quite different: here the Director is not trying to instill in the viewer the “correct opinion”, does not teach morality – tolerance – it just shows.

Another point I want to note in the film, as it has no genitals. You see, in the movie “like” the main characters is unusual. This is a very happy by the way. Still, it’s 1969. And filmed everything as well, if I may say so. Otherwise, perhaps I would not have appreciated this work.

About the story: he does not disappoint, it’s great and talk about it in a review it would be not correct. Everyone will understand it as a whole and individual moments in the measure of their education/promiscuity/sensitivity/knowledge… etc. etc. Here it is not too simple, not linear for something to say.

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 Funeral Parade of Roses

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