Funeral Parade of Roses (1969)

Name: Funeral Parade of Roses (1969)
Cast: Shinnosuke Ikehata, Osamu Ogasawara, Yoshio Tsuchiya, Emiko Azuma

Hoezo in KINO

Queer has had a long history of being a word that signals otherness, strangeness, that can carry the tune of disdain, yet also a unifying word that is possessed by its people. But who are those people, and how did we get to come together? In a quest to think about what a queer way of being feel, sound, or taste like, Asian Movie Night has prepared a diverse and complex program that navigates queer life, embodiment, and desire. On June 27th they’re back in KINO with a screening of Toshio Matsumoto’s classic Funeral Parade of Roses (1969).

Credits

Regie: Toshio Matsumoto
Cast: Shinnosuke Ikehata, Osamu Ogasawara, Yoshio Tsuchiya, Emiko Azuma
Genre: drama
Speelduur: 105 minutes
Land: Japan
Taal: Japans
Ondertiteling: English

Storyline

In late 60s Tokyo, Eddie, a young drag queen, is the favourite of Gonda, the owner of the bar where she works. This relationship provokes the jealousy of Gonda’s mistress, Leda, the bar’s matron. Eddie and Gonda decide to get rid of her…