Funeral Parade of Roses
Original title: Bara no sôretsu
“Who's the fairest of them all?”
1969 · 1 h 45 min
Directed by 
Toshio Matsumoto
Toshio MatsumotoCast
Pītā Osamu Ogasawara Yoshimi Jô Koichi Nakamura Flamenco Umeji Saako Oota
Credits
Written by: Toshio Matsumoto
Plot
In 1960s Tokyo's gay underground, a young trans woman, working in a bar, discovers a terrible secret about her family, in a modern retelling of Oedipus.
Sinekatalog’s take
A bold, experimental and influential underground classic.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 7.7 / 10 (8,626 votes)
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