Funeral parade of roses ; &, Avant-garde short films.
Funeral parade of roses is a headlong dive into the dazzling, unseen Tokyo night-world of drag queen bars and fabulous divas, fueled by booze, drugs, fuzz guitars, performance art and black mascara. Hot young thing Eddie, hostess at Bar Genet, ignites a violent love-triangle with reigning drag queen...
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| Format: | Video Blu-ray Disc |
| Language: | Japanese |
| Language Notes: | In Japanese with English subtitles. |
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©2017
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| Series: | Toshio Matsumoto early works.
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| Summary: | Funeral parade of roses is a headlong dive into the dazzling, unseen Tokyo night-world of drag queen bars and fabulous divas, fueled by booze, drugs, fuzz guitars, performance art and black mascara. Hot young thing Eddie, hostess at Bar Genet, ignites a violent love-triangle with reigning drag queen Leda for the attentions of club owner Gonda. |
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| Item Description: | Title from container and IMDb. Originally released as a motion picture in 1969. Special features: New 4K restoration from the original 35mm camera negative; 8 newly remastered avant-garde short films by Toshio Matsumoto; audio commentary by Chris D.; U.S. theatrical trailer; original 1969 Japanese theatrical trailer; new essay by Hirofumi Sakamoto, director of the Postwar Japan Moving Image Archive. |
| Physical Description: | 2 videodiscs (105, 104 min.) : sound, black and white and color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (13 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 15 cm) |
| Format: | Blu-ray; NTSC, region A; requires a Blu-ray player. |
| Production Credits: | Funeral parade of roses: Cinematography, Tatsuo Suzuki ; editor, Toshie Iwasa ; music, Jōji Yuasa. |