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    Funeral Parade of Roses
        
        7.7
        104 min
    
    
        A feverish collision of avant-garde aesthetics and grind-house shocks, Funeral Parade of Roses takes us on an electrifying journey into the nether-regions of the late-’60s Tokyo underworld. In Toshio Matsumoto’s controversial debut feature, seemingly nothing is taboo: neither the incorporation of visual flourishes straight from the worlds of contemporary graphic-design, painting, comic-books, and animation; nor the unflinching depiction of nudity, sex, drug-use, and public-toilets. But of all the “transgressions” here on display, perhaps one in particular stands out the most: the film’s groundbreaking and unapologetic portrayal of Japanese gay subculture.
    
    
            Country:
            
                Japan
            
        
        
            Genre:
            
                Drama
            
        
        
            Released: 1969-01-01
        
        
            Production:
            
                Art Theatre Guild
            
        
        
        
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