# Funeral Parade of Roses (1969)

> A radical black-and-white Tokyo melodrama where queer nightlife, family trauma, and cinema itself collide in a volatile triangle of desire.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/1015

## Facts

- Runtime: 105 min
- Genres: Drama
- Director: Toshio Matsumoto
- Cast: Shinnosuke Ikehata, Yoshio Tsuchiya, Emiko Azuma, Toshiya Fujita, Kiyoshi Awazu, Osamu Ogasawara, Yoshimi Jô, Koichi Nakamura
- TMDB rating: 7.5/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0064068/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: dense
- Violence: moderate
- Mood: transgressive, melancholic, dreamlike, arthouse cinema night, japanese new wave retrospective

## Synopsis

A provocative exploration of love and identity in the vibrant underbelly of Tokyo's nightlife.

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