Funeral Parade of Roses (1969)

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AKA: Bara No Sôretsu
Directed by: Toshio Matsumoto
Starring: Peter (Eddie), Osamu Ogasawara (Leda), Yoshio Tsuchiya (Gonda)
Country: Japan, Asian Cinema
Language: Japanese (English Subtitles)
Runtime: 01:45:14
Genres: Gay-CrossDressing, Drugs, Incest

Plot – Spoilers:
In ’60s Japan, Gonda the owner of a gay bar runs a parallel drug business there. He is in a relationship with a transvestite Leda who manages the place for him. But with Leda losing her youth and her geisha-sensibilities ageing, Gonda shifts his attention to the young and pop-cultured Eddie, another transvestite working at the bar.

Funeral Parade of Roses follows a non-linear narrative with throwbacks to Eddie’s childhood without a father who left early and a mother who found his masculinity amusing. It all pieces together in the end while also capturing and satirizing the buzz of the underground drug, film and gay scene of ’60s-’70s Japan.

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fred fat
fred fat
March 17, 2021 11:44 pm

astounding – aspects of french new wave but equally unique
a big thank you for this one

mikethetramp
mikethetramp
Reply to  fred fat
March 18, 2021 3:20 am

YOu are absolutely right. There is certainly the influence of Godard in here. Excellent film and I’m going to watch it again now.

The White Horseman
The White Horseman
Reply to  mikethetramp
October 13, 2022 6:16 pm

I see more of Kubrick than Godard here.

Juanpe
Juanpe
Reply to  The White Horseman
August 8, 2023 11:15 pm

Kubrick was influenced by this film in his adaptation of A Clockwork Orange

Fitch
Fitch
May 14, 2020 8:12 pm

Thank you for making this available.