Funeral Parade of Roses

Funeral Parade of Roses

Who's the fairest of them all?

1969105 min7.5 / 10

A psychologically complex, formally experimental exploration of desire, identity, and hidden trauma within Tokyo's underground queer scene, structured around an Oedipal entanglement that resists easy resolution.

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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