Matsumoto’s first short was
Ginrin, which he made in 1955. His most famous film is his first one:
Funeral Parade of Roses (
Bara no Sōretsu). The film was loosely inspired by
Oedipus Rex, featuring a
transgender woman (portrayed by
Peter) trying to move up in the world of Tokyo
Hostess clubs. Matsumoto published many books of photography and was a
professor and
dean of Arts at the
Kyoto University of Art and Design. There, he taught experimental filmmaker
Takashi Ito. He was also president of the
Japan Society of Image Arts and Sciences. In the early 1980s he taught at the Kyushu Institute of Art and Design (Kyushu Geijutsu Koka Daigaku). == Death ==