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Funeral Parade of Roses

1969 · 105 min

A hypnotic, fragmented plunge into underground queer Tokyo, blending documentary realism with experimental dream logic and shocking tragedy.

Tagline: Who's the fairest of them all?
Overview: 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. As the younger Eddie starts a passionate affair with Gonda, she ignites the jealousy of Leda, unaware of another kind of history between them.

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Tone: darkstrength 3 of 3
eeriestrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
absurdstrength 2 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: identity
obsession
betrayal
family
death
Places: big city
workplace
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
unreliable narrator
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence strong
Sex strong

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Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	2
Horror	4
Humour	3
Realism	6
Romance	4
Tension	6
Darkness	8
Complexity	9
Emotional weight	8

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Genres: drama
Directed by: Toshio Matsumoto
Written by: Toshio Matsumoto
Starring: Shinnosuke Ikehata, Yoshio Tsuchiya, Emiko Azuma, Toshiya Fujita, Kiyoshi Awazu, Osamu Ogasawara, Yoshimi Jô, Koichi Nakamura
Music: Joji Yuasa
Cinematography: Tatsuo Suzuki
Runtime: 105 min
Country: Japan
Languages: Japanese

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