Funeral Parade of Roses | |
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Directed by | Toshio Matsumoto |
Produced by | Mitsuru Kudo Keiko Machida |
Written by | Toshio Matsumoto |
Starring | Pîtâ, also known as Peter Osamu Ogasawara Yoshio Tsuchiya Emiko Azuma |
Music by | Joji Yuasa |
Cinematography | Tatsuo Suzuki |
Editing by | Toshie Iwasa |
Distributed by | Art Theatre Guild |
Release date(s) | September 13, 1969 |
Running time | 105 min |
Country | Japan |
Language | Japanese |
Funeral Parade of Roses (薔薇の葬列 Bara no Sōretsu ) is a 1969 Japanese film directed by Toshio Matsumoto. It is a loose adaptation of Oedipus Rex set in the underground gay counterculture of 1960s Tokyo. The film was released by ATG (Art Theatre Guild) on September 13, 1969 in Japan; however, it did not receive a US release until October 29, 1970. For My Damaged Right Eye contains some of the same footage and could almost be seen as a trailer, although a true trailer was also made.