Toshio Matsumoto (1932-2017) was a Japanese film director, video artist, and film theorist, a key figure in the post-war avant-garde. After starting with documentaries, he established himself in the 1960s with experimental short films that explored new visual and sound forms, such as the celebrated "For the Damaged Right Eye" (1968). His most internationally renowned work is his debut feature film "Bara no Sōretsu" (Funeral Parade of Roses, 1969), a revolutionary film considered a cornerstone of the Japanese New Wave and queer cinema, whose influence is also recognized on Stanley Kubrick's "A Clockwork Orange." His filmography also includes feature films such as "Shura" (Pandemonium, 1971), but his career was primarily dedicated to exploring video as an art form, making him one of its pioneers in Japan. Although he did not receive major commercial awards, his contribution is universally recognized for redefining the boundaries of cinematic and visual language, leaving a lasting legacy in experimental and academic cinema.