Bara no sôretsu (1969)

Director:

Toshio Matsumoto

Writer:

Toshio Matsumoto (writer)

Release Date:

29 October 1970 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

The trials and tribulations of Eddie and other transvestites in Japan. |

Plot Keywords:

Japan | Drug Use | Breaking The Fourth Wall | Jealousy | Gay Bar

Cast

Peter	...	Eddie
Osamu Ogasawara	...	Leda
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Shotaro Akiyama	...	Himself
Kiyoshi Awazu	...	Himself
Emiko Azuma	...	Eddie's Mother
Toshiya Fujita
Masato Hara		(as Masataka Hara)
Shinno Ikehata
Chieko Kobayashi	...	Okei
Hôsei Komatsu	...	Male Prostitute
Don Madrid	...	Tony
Koichi Nakamura	...	Juju
Yukio Ninagawa	...	Himself
Masahiro Shinoda	...	Himself
Yoshio Tsuchiya	...	Gonda
Toyosaburo Uchiyama	...	Guevera
Jiro Yagi	...	Himself
Nagaharu Yodogawa	...	Himself

Also Known As:

Funeral Parade of Roses (literal English title) (International: English title)
Funeral Procession of Roses (USA)
Parade of Roses

Runtime:

107 min

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Color:

Black and White

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

UK:18 (2006)

Filming Locations:

Tokyo, Japan

Company:

Art Theatre Guild

Movie Connections:

Referenced in A Clockwork Orange (1971)

clean? :-) fun

If you really are looking for a good time in a movie theatre - watch this movie ! It has been said that some of Kubrick's visual and sonic ideas for "Clockwork Orange" were inspired by this movie; after having seen it, i'm more than convinced that this is true.

This movie offers a lot of cinematic ideas and it uses surprising ways to make a point within a story.

What is the reason that films with a spirit and mood like that have vanished from the screen ? Have the politics in the movie industry really become so strict ? This movie watched nowadays has (but maybe had always) a subversive feel to it, why is that ?

It definitely offers something different and therefore would be very welcome in movie theatres and videostores around the world to free us from all the uninspired formula movies.