1969: ‘Funeral Parade of Roses’ explores Tokyo’s gay scene – The Laconia Daily Sun

“Funeral Parade of Roses” retells the “Oedipus Rex” myth within Tokyo’s underground gay scene of the 1960s, following a young trans woman named Eddie. Writer-director Toshio Matsumoto’s Japanese drama combines experimental film techniques with several genres, such as sexploitation movies and melodramas.