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The interviewer’s cluelessness and the sincerity and openness of the interviewees stands out. Their voices are given more credibility than the interviewer, than the director, than the filmmakers entirely. This is the heart of the film’s sympathy. The Oedipal plotline was a shock to one of my friends/comrades who watched with me; this time around I saw its pieces fall neatly into place. It’s hard to remember what it’s like to watch a film without any understanding of what you’re going into, even though I do it all the time. It’s also funnier each time, watching the internal commentary, watching the weird jokes about Menas Jokas and party games. However, the imagery still stands out over the rest of the film; three gay boys at the urinals destroys every other queer film imagery ever. Pride month: 17/30
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Ten years later, this remains the most powerful film experience of my life. It was part of my awakening; it was part of my journey through grief; it was part of my evolution as a writer. It’s a perfect queer film, something that eschews standard narrative forms, something that engages deep queer themes of identity and reality, and something that reinvents its medium. Sharing it with friends is such a joy.
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TW: suicide, misogyny, transphobia, homophobia The first time I watched this, I was not ready to call myself a woman. At the time, I had not yet begun my social transition offline and I had not begun my medical transition. I was floundering, hopeless, lost, afraid, and filled with self-loathing, but all of that had been muted for a long time under the crushing weight of grief and guilt over Kaylie’s suicide. (I still think of her every day, and when I watched this, her ghost sat beside me.) Internalized transphobia would wound me every time I tried to think of myself as a woman; internalized misogyny would rip the wound open. I still struggle with these feelings, with this…
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“There’s something wrong with me today I feel like i’ve been abandoned by life for a long, long time”
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With subliminal Warholian vignettes, fragments of cinematic hapax legomena (if such term could be applied to the film industry), assaulting psychosexual imagery, fragments of societal ridicule, jaw-dropping personifications, a fractured chronology, revolutionary techniques of film editing, a ghastly and hypnotic camera work and metafilm self-references, Bara no sôretsu is one of the most enthralling, unpredictable and thought-provoking avant-garde experiments that international celluloid has ever offered to mankind. It starts with a statement: “I am a wound and a sword, a victim and an executioner.” Then it proceeds with an alienating world beyond our comprehension. That is the first invitation you will ever receive to turn off your screen or leave the theater, because this nearly-metaphysical parade of memoir fragments and…
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Reclamation of self. Funeral Parade of Roses is a landmark in gay and trans cinema. Nothing is off limits and all boundaries of cinema and society can be transgressed. Sexuality and gender are fluid and undefined within Funeral Parade of Roses, which spreads such ideas of identity across a sprawling audiovisual canvas. There is no consistent style to Funeral Parade of Roses, except cinematic chaos. At times the film is minimalist and intimate, yet other moments are bold and expressive. It is fast, and then it will be slow. The timeline doesn’t exist, or isn’t followed. Instead the film exits its own reality frequently, to interview the cast. It spoils itself and refuses to focus its narrative momentum in any…
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Bbrunim06 8 月 23, 2026
One second it’s all fun and whimsy and in the next it’s blood and guts… pretty accurate depiction of the gay experience
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Stayed up too late pretending I’d understand all of this if I paid close enough attention
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ce sa mai zic nu mai zic nimic (dumneseule m a dat pe ssshpate)
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I really don’t know how to feel about Funeral Parade of Roses, there are some parts I adore and some parts I really dislike, borderline hate. Initially, I thought I would love this going in seeing as I tend to enjoy boundary pushing queer cinema from around this period, specifically The Servant (1963) and The Boys in the Band (1970), but for whatever reason I didn’t get drawn in nearly as much. There is a lot to like here. The…
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genuinamente la mejor película lgbt q he visto en mi vida, y los outfits, dios mio, me he enamorado
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“I am the wound and the blade, both the torturer and he who is flayed.” saw this was on effedupmovies and decided to give it a shot (but also bc it’s been on my watchlist for a while) the beginning was a bit weird idk why i had to see two people making out the black and white colour among the film feels intentional these parts resonated with me (with explanations obviously) “You look exactly like a girl. How long…
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i am the wound and the blade, both the torturer and he who is flayed 🗡️ 1960’s queer cinema in a black & white dreamy sequence. what a stunning piece of art! i already have an itch to watch it again.
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Um filme que tem uma edição, uma trilha sonora e uma filmagem muito interessante, diferente. A história que foi o diretor se inspirou ficou muito bem ilustrada no filme, a metalinguagem da parte que os atores do filme davam entrevista sobre como era a vida de ser ator ou da parte underground de Tóquio foi uma parte que gostei bastante, imagens surrealistas muito boas e cenas meio descontraídas de sátira dos personagens e mostra muito bem o underground (gays, travestis e trans) do japão e como eles são marginalizados
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A fotografia desse filme é um ESPETÁCULO!! Foi uns dos filmes mais lindo que eu já assisti. O Funeral das Rosas é muito mais do que um documento histórico de uma época, também é um lembrete visual de que o avanço tecnológico e econômico de um país não caminha, necessariamente, de mãos dadas com a emancipação humana. Matsumoto nos deixou uma obra que é, ao mesmo tempo, uma celebração esteticamente revolucionária da vida queer e um retrato melancólico de uma liberdade que precisava se esconder nas sombras para existir.
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ngl this movie is actually so insane. I don’t know if it’s because almost all of the Japanese films I’ve watched have leaned more avant garde but I just don’t get how these film makers can think of such unique story telling and progression. It’s amazing to see how much influence this film has had on other movies and even Japanese literature released after it…like yall can’t tell me this didn’t inspire Japan Sinks 2020
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a masterpiece. perfect in so many ways. loved the scene where all the hipsters are smoking weed talking about Jonas Mekas.
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what a jaw dropping beautiful film… more people need to see this
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simplesmente incrível melhor filme assistido esse ano
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This is one of those rare cases where a film simultaneously fascinates and repels, leaving you with the feeling that you’ve just been at the center of an explosion. Toshio Matsumoto didn’t just make a movie — he created a true psychedelic collage, blending documentary, surrealist drama, and outright trash cinema. What grabs you first is its absolute, unapologetic boldness. Watching trans individuals and gay subculture being portrayed with such freedom in 1960s Japan is incredibly valuable. The scenes at…
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Que gran adaptación la de Toshio, te envuelve en ese Japón byn de los 60 siendo dinámica, graciosa y pertubadora todo lo que me fascina. con un arte y una foto de locos, su montaje experimental y como todo se va entrelazando para crear esa peli y esta, me encanta. Que paja que el varón que queres no te quiera y que paja que el varón que te coges SEA TU PADRE EDDIE QUE TE PASAAAA. una de las mejores películas que vi en la vida.
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Cinema at its best necessary rewatch. full of references, mix of contradictory styles, yet perfect meta, outside/inside, modernity/tradition… this proves that we shouldn’t give a movie any slack because of “its historical context”
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A disturbing, yet delightful exploration of gender and identity. Toshio Matsumoto builds a gritty, black and white world in which each character is equally insane, yet they’re actions feel natural and human. Through ideas of self expression, escapism, existentialism and trauma, the watcher is fully immersed into late 1960s Tokyo, courtesy of the uniquely grounding camera work. The way the characters’s actions are explained through the concept of masks and naturally forming facades was nothing short of genius, especially in…
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aslında dönemine göre cesur bir yapım anladim sayilmaz ama simdi bile böyle seyleri anamaz iken 60 lı yillarda böyle bir is cikarmak gerçekten cesur bir hareket yani sansürsüzce ekrana çıkarmakta cesaret ister bunu yapabilmeleri güzel bir sey herkese hitap etmeyebilir ama
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A queer classic from Japan in the late sixties, subversive in both its content and its form, shot in a beautiful black and white. It’s decades ahead of its time, and could well have inspired A Clockwork Orange and My Own Private Idaho (so the bonuses tell me). It’s also reminiscent of the great Daisies which came out around the same time in Czechoslovakia. Very interesting about cinema itself and featuring great performance by Peter, a trans woman in their…
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la manera en la que las personas trans siguen siendo tratadas de la misma manera en todo el mundo y las mujeres trans se tienen que prostituir!! no hemos avanzado nada
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This is such a pretty movie bro😭
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Ooliivyah 8 月 20, 2026
o japão sempre muito a frente de seu tempo (o tempo de tela da maconha nesse filme foi genial)
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eu chorei umas três vezes assistindo, que humano e sensível. cada “personagem” é cativante, cada cena de descontração é deliciosa de assistir, toda a tristeza e violência envolvendo a liberdade de ser quem você realmente é me comove demais. eu amo a forma como foi filmado, eu amo essa perspectiva de filme e documentário (e de um filme se mostrando que é um filme!) mas amo ainda mais a beleza de tudo que se é mostrado, o carinho colocado no lugar de fala de cada uma delas, as entrevistas….eu amei muito. que experiência linda e dolorosa meu deus
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“maskelerin ardında, yüzler yalnızlık çeker” doğduğu gün, yitip kayboldu… enset göndermeleri ve homofobik söylemlerin olduğu ve bundan dolayı tiksindiren ancak görsel ve anlatım olarak güçlü bir filmdi.
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Insane arthouse avante garde hippie film. Thankfully I’m pretentious enough to enjoy it. The cool part is that it tricks you into thinking it’s about crossdressers until it’s revealed to actually be a psychological thriller about incest and familicide.
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Boldly queer, abstracted, unprecedented , made me snort at some parts and deeply disturbed in others, such a visually striking film . Made me think of paris is burning in a way but more narrative and obscure. Shinnosuke Ikehata SO so gorgina in this wild film Mwah
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just when I thought love triangles couldn’t get any better, they made it incestuous. but focusing solely on that would be a dismerit to it’s charm, creativity, joyful aesthetic, and playful meta language; how it consecrates the taboo, subverts identity, and has one of the best cuts in movie history, “The cursed destiny of man! 😄 It was such a unique film with cruelty and laughter. Let’s look forward to the next one! Goodbye.”
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God damn what a shocking end to a film, absolutely haunting imagery. The way this was filmed was so unique and the way the fucked up images and riots and interviews are spliced it really captures the fractured mind of Eddie. The small details like whenever Eddie and their friends walk outside all the people they pass look back for just a second at them every single time. Didn’t know until after this is based on Oedipus Rex either apparently…
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Terriblemente incómoda de ver pero a la vez siendo bastante encantadora, me parece una película muy diferente, extraña, complicada de entender, y aún así se me hace una obra maestra del cine. Se dice bastante que está película fue una inspiración directa de Stanley Kubrick para crear La Naranja Mecánica, y la verdad es que me lo creo bastante, si te pones a analizar las dos películas puedes ver bastantes similitudes, un poco en la historia, y también en la…
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La verdadera experiencia estética
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silly and sad 🙁
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psa for all divorced parents out there
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liked this alot more but im highkey famous now cos my funeral parade of roses, tsukamoto, shozin fukui core playlist has 17 saves on spotify
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súper morboso pero ala vez super emocional incluso los planos que te pone para generar morbo ala vez generan sentimiento, imrose🩸
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i discovered peak. queer rep from the japanese underground. nonlinear narrative on top of the alr experimental editing is what makes it super cool. cuts to the interviews n breaking the 4th wall ugh i love. the whole plot being about masking oneself, deception and desire all supported by the cinematography #peak #thisiswhatiliketosee
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“I am what I am”
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Saw this a year ago, back then it completely blew my mind on how a film can be structured. Funeral Parade of Roses is incredibly transgressive and revolutionary for its time. It takes full advantage of its medium.
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Such an amazing historical queer movie, artsy doesn’t even begin to describe it! All the themes and subtext can be hard to wrap your head around at first, but as soon as it ends you go, “I get it now…” Its very moving with its deep cut into the fears and horrors of surviving as yourself in this world, especially in 1960s Japan. Eddieeee
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DDoctorMrsJuanse 8 月 19, 2026
Soy la herida y la espada. El ejecutor y la víctima Ta bien experimental y eso me gusta, me parece tambien una película importante tanto por la temática como por el año de salida, pues tambien toca implícitamente los efectos psicológicos y sociales que tiene en la sociedad japonesa la “modernización” incitada por el desarrollo económico antes de estallar la burbuja económica y el intervencionismo estadounidense así como los efectos aún presentes del fascismo japonés en su sociedad. La técnica…
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WOW love myself some avantgarde-esque stuff! Loved the fragmented storyline ^^ Insane first time watch 🙂
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Loved this film it’s beautiful start to finish, I believe that there’s beauty even in dreadful times and this film captures it. Begins with despair ends in despair. Identity and sexuality overflows this film, it uncovers hard reality especially during those times where there was a LOT of homophobia. The whole time I was glued to the screen. The scenes are just chef’s kiss, a beautiful film.
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The spirit of an individual reaches its own absolute through incessant negation.
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Visually arresting, sonically bold.
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“because i wanted to be a girl. i just like it.” this reminded me of a line from sophie mackintosh’s introduction to i who have never know men: “What does a person become when stripped to the core, raised in isolation? What might a woman be like under these conditions?” to which i annotated, “i am entangled in social constructs.” ideas of femininity and womanhood—and gender at a wider scope—are built upon constructs which we’re all born into. we’re shrouded by…
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SSaskia 8 月 19, 2026
What I was expecting: an impeccable film chosen by my cool smart hot friend which would be challenging, thought provoking, and use the camera in interesting ways What I was not expecting: THREE songs in the soundtrack which I am currently teaching kids at a Steiner school how to play for their annual concert
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it was really good. you piece the story and eddie’s story the further you get into the film. I did not expect it to be so comedic such as all the sped up scenes or the initial reaction to one of the guy’s experimental films and of course the one moment in the climax it also breaks the fourth a wall a bit, or something else whenever there’s an interview or filming a scene for a movies I also liked the repetition. it was really good
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i feel it deep in my soul when i watched that scene where young eddie tried on lipstick for the first time and genuinely feel in touch with their femininity after rejecting it for years, well in my case, because i feel the need to act “tough”.
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Mmayssohh 8 月 18, 2026
génial !! les interviews les flashbacks et les bonds dans le temps j’ai trop aimé,,, j’ai moins aimé les scènes de sexe et la pREFACE DE BERTRAND MANDICOT QUI SPOIL LA FIN WTF ???? mais mon cerveau m’aime et a oublié pendant le film donc j’étais quand même surprise ct top
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Honestly, I feel like everyone should go into this film blind for maximum effect, so I’ll keep this short and without plot details. Funeral Parade of Roses is a brilliant and radical work of art that steps on every established rule of cinema in order to create a transgressive and engrossing viewing experience. The story is told completely out of order, scenes repeat, characters will literally step outside of the narrative for a moment to be interviewed by the director,…
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wow wow wow, hands down one of the most intriguing and expressionistic films I have seen in my life. seeing the reality of underground queer representation in Tokyo especially during the 60’s is really beautiful and feels like it was so ahead of its time. also really enjoyed the variety of genres throughout the film, it kept me engaged. the editing literally gives me chills & plot was sooooo good. 10/10 recommend if u have any open mind
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the documentary footage blending into the story feels so raw and intimate. i really like this movie and its editing, i also really like how progressive it is while still paying homage to its country’s roots and conservative traditions. it explores gender identity, sexuality, and self expression with such respect and humanity that it honestly feels decades ahead of its time. i still can’t get over the plot since i watched it for the first time tho, it’s almost emotionally draining.. the oedipal influence is such an interesting foundation for a story about identity and desire.. can’t wait to rewatch it again someday!!
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Прочитайте синопсис и попробуйте угадать почему у этого фильма на леттере такая высокая оценка. У вас одна попытка.
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Profoundly transgressive in both form and content. Complicated in terms of representation: explicitly showcasing and celebrating gay and trans characters in 60s Japan, yet it doesn’t escape the cliché portrayal of the trans person as a psychotic criminal. In any case, a fascinating film. Ps. There is a widespread internet rumour that this film influenced Kubrick in making A Clockwork Orange. While there are stylistic similarities, I find it hard to believe that this obscure Japanese film could have made…
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“I don’t plan on doing anything” this Guevara character is really funny to me. i wish I could be interviewed about why I decided to become a gay boy
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I wasn’t expecting this to became one of my favorite movies but ok.
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Ccyd 8 月 17, 2026
Wish I could’ve watched this under slightly better circumstances… I’m studying it for school, and also I had to seek out an older fansubbed version of the film (courtesy of YaoiOtaku.com. What a name!!) because the newer version’s subs just weren’t lining up correctly and it was pissing me off. Good film, though! It was very beautiful.
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Who are you to think you could ever reveal your true self?
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Ssarinoxb 8 月 17, 2026
ma che cosa ho visto, però davvero particolare
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“The spirit of an individual reaches its own absolute through incessant negation.” REVOLUTIONARY Queer Cinema!!
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SS♆FI 8 月 16, 2026
I am the wound and the blade, a victim and an executioner. Went into this completely blind I seriously didn’t know how dark this would get but wowwwww. Really beautiful and unique art direction too.
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une reproduction du mythe d’Oedipe à travers une représentation hyper avant gardiste de la communauté queer japonaise des années 60 juste wow. Des sujets comme la drogue, l’homosexualité ou le sexe qui sont très bien abordés pour un Japon aussi conservateur à l’époque ça fait plaisir. Un film vraiment en avance pour son époque
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After you watch this is there anything else to do in life. This is a must watch for anyone i dont remember the last time i was left speechless by how versatile and defining a movie can be. Everything is just so unique and beautiful. it’s very layered and carries a lot of meaning behind it. For me this has one of the most creative filmmaking skills and editing ever put on screen. Queer cinema is weirdly enough pretty impressive.
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“I am a wound and a sword, a victim and an executioner.” je m’attendais pas à ce qu’un film expérimental me captive dès les premières minutes. l’esthétique est incroyable et la mise en scène est extrêmement libre, avec un montage qui vient constamment casser la narration. des scènes qui donnent l’impression de regarder qlqch entre un film et un documentaire, et en plus c’est lgbtq+ friendly Matsumoto mélange différents styles, on passe de scènes visuellement hypnotisantes et fictionnelles à des…
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Isso é psicanálise ✈️💥🏢🏢
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Não tava entendendo NADA da primeira metade do filme, mas quando comecei a entender foi muito bom. É um filme bem experimental então tem muita coisa que eu não gostei e muita coisa que eu gostei, dito isso, o que eu achei ruim foi nt e o que eu gostei foi mtmt bom. Seria um filme revolucionário em 2026 quem dirá em 1969, slc tão de parabéns
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edipotrans ke hermosa manera de hacer cine una trama trans q pa esos años, en Japón, me imagino debió ser todo un tema muy poko visibilizado, menos desde la perspectiva personal, emocional, deseante cine puro
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100/100 A monumental, almost impossible to talk about masterpiece that becomes so necessary in the understanding of society as a whole. Toshio Matsumoto’s Funeral Parade of Roses is beautifully painful. A tragic adventure through Japanese sub-culture as it relates and comments on sexuality as a whole. It presents Japan as a way different country than the idealized version most Westerners have settle with – a cruel, deeply misogynistic and violent world that has no place for understand. A presenter asks “Why…
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dude in 1969 japan they made a film that thinks more progressively about trans visibility than much of the western world does today 🤕
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หลายๆไดเรคชั่นของภาพยนตร์เรื่องนี้ เป็นแรงบันดาลใจให้ผู้กำกับ Stanley Kubrick สร้าง A Clockwork Orange (1971) ต่างเพียงความรุนแรงที่สะสมในตัวเด็กชาย ได้แปรสภาพให้เขาเติบโตขึ้นกลายเป็นเกย์ ดำเนินเรื่องแบบไม่เรียงตามลำดับเวลา (Non-Chronological Order) ความจริง-ความฝัน อดีต-ปัจจุบัน-อนาคต ซ้อนทับกันอย่างเบลอๆ ดูยากยิ่งกว่า 8½ (1963) แต่คือ Masterpiece ของแนว LGBT ที่สั่นสะเทือนวงการภาพยนตร์ใต้ดินญี่ปุ่น raremeat.blog/funeral-parade-of-roses-1969/
- Synopsis
- In 1960s Tokyo, Gonda owns a bar in which the gay, cross-dresser, and trans scenes meet. Gonda is in a relationship with the madam of the bar, Leda. As the younger Eddie starts a passionate affair with Gonda, she ignites the jealousy of Leda, unaware of another kind of history between them.
- Director
- Toshio Matsumoto
- Writer
- Toshio Matsumoto
- Studio
- Art Theatre Guild, Matsumoto Production
- Country
- Japan
- Language
- Japanese
- Year
- 1969
- Runtime
- 105 mins
- Finland26 Jun 2020
- Taiwan05 Oct 2025
- Taiwan18 Jan 2026
- Japan13 Sep 1969
- USA29 Oct 1970
- France20 Feb 2019
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