BFI Releases List Of The Top 30 LGBT Films Of All Time

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Funeral Parade of Roses 

Toshio Matsumoto

Japan 

1969

Funeral Parade of Roses (薔薇の葬列 Bara no Sōretsu?) is a 1969 Japanese drama 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 13 September 1969 in Japan; however, it did not receive a US release until October 29, 1970. Matsumoto's earlier film For My Crushed Right Eye contains some of the same footage and could almost be seen as a trailer for Funeral Parade of Roses, although a true trailer was also made.

An important work of the Japanese New Wave, Funeral Parade of Roses combines elements of art

house, documentary and experimental cinema.

The film was a major influence on Stanley Kubrick's 1971 film A Clockwork Orange.