Toshio Matsumoto Movies
- 1971
Demons
Demons7.71971HD
Tells the story of the samurai Gengobe, who seeks revenge after falling prey to the schemes of a geisha and her husband.
- 1969
Funeral Parade of Roses
Funeral Parade of Roses7.51969HD
In 1960s Tokyo, Gonda owns a bar in which the gay, cross-dresser, and trans scenes meet. Gonda is in a relationship with the madam of the bar, Leda....
- 1988
Dogra Magra
Dogra Magra6.91988HD
A young man kills his bride on the day of his marriage and goes insane. He wakes up in an asylum with no memory, left in the hands of two mysterious...
- 1971
Metastasis
Metastasis5.51971HD
Writes Matsumoto, "I used the Erekutoro Karapurosesu (Electro Color Processor), which is mainly used in the field of medicine and engineering, to...
- 1961
The Catch
The Catch6.31961HD
Towards the end of the Second World War, a downed U.S. pilot is captured and imprisoned by rural Japanese villagers, who await official instructions...
- 1963
The Song of Stone
The Song of Stone6.51963HD
While extracting and polishing their blocks of stone, stonecutters used to say “the stone is coming to life". This paradox provided Matsumoto...
- 1975
Atman
Atman6.81975HD
ĀTMAN is a visual tour-de-force based on the idea of the subject at the centre of the circle created by camera positions (480 such positions)....
- 1980
Ki or Breathing
Ki or Breathing7.31980HD
'Ki or Breathing' is a spare concoction assembled from slow motion shots of nature and set to a score by the much-acclaimed Tohru Takemitsu.
- 1979
White Hole
White Hole6.41979HD
Avant garde/experimental film. A mesmerizing trip through the psychedelic vastness of space.
- 1968
For My Crushed Right Eye
For My Crushed Right Eye7.41968HD
Two chaotic series of images, one for each eye. Hipster living, malformed fetuses, war, arts events and pop culture stands for the material.
- 1967
Mothers
Mothers6.41967HD
Documentary about the relationships between mothers and their children.
- 1973
Mona Lisa
Mona Lisa5.61973HD
An experimental short film from Toshio Matsumoto featuring Mona Lisa.
- 2002
Under the Skin
Under the Skin12002HD
A documentary on sixties counterculture in Japan featuring Donald Richie, Tadanori Yokoo, Masao Adachi, Koji Wakamatsu, Toshio Matsumoto and Akaji...
- 1976
The War of the 16 Year Olds
The War of the 16 Year Olds5.51976HD
A young drifter and a precocious sixteen years old girl slowly form a bond in a small town haunted by its wartime past.
- 1972
Expansion
Expansion7.21972HD
Expansion remixes the images of Matsumoto’s Esctasis into an more colourful psychedelic short.
- 1972
Autonomy
Autonomy01972HD
- 1986
1986 Summer
1986 Summer01986HD
A previously unseen short by the Japanese avant-garde titan, Toshio Matsumoto's 1986 Summer locates faces and bodies within superimpositions, zooms,...
- 1984
Vibration
Vibration01984HD
"A flicker film made using only intense shock-zooms, Vibration is one of a series of films Matsumoto made in the 1980s that explored proprioception...
- 1961
The Weavers of Nishijin
The Weavers of Nishijin7.61961HD
The Weavers of Nishijin captures the process of traditional textile manufacture in Nishijin.
- 2012
Toro Axe Part 3: All Things Change
Toro Axe Part 3: All Things Change02012HD
Matsumoto's last video was produced by Sano Gallery. Matsumoto set the common theme as “Seeing” in 2009, six co-writers participated to...