Toshio Matsumoto - "Funeral Parade of Roses" (1969)

The trials and tribulations of Eddie and other transvestites in Japan

Funeral Parade of Roses (Bara no Sōretsu) is a 1969 Japanese pink film directed by Toshio Matsumoto. It is a loose adaptation of Oedipus Rex set in the underground gay counterculture of 60s Tokyo. The film was released by ATG (a.k.a. Art Theatre Guild) on September 13, 1969 in Japan, however it didn't receive a US release until October 29 of 1970. For My Damaged Right Eye contains some of the same footage and could almost be seen as a trailer, though a true trailer did exist. - from wikipedia.org