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Who's the fairest of them all? - Funeral Parade of Roses
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Title: Funeral Parade of Roses

Release Date: 13 Sep 1969

Runtime: 1h 45m

Genre: Drama

Director: Art Theatre Guild, Matsumoto Production

Production Companies: Art Theatre Guild, Matsumoto Production

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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Ratings

Average Vote: 7.6 (200 votes)

Cast

  • Eddie: Shinnosuke Ikehata
  • Leda: Osamu Ogasawara
  • Gonda: Yoshio Tsuchiya
  • Eddie's Mother: Emiko Azuma
  • Juju: Koichi Nakamura
  • Masataka Hara: Masato Hara
  • Guevara: Toyosaburo Uchiyama
  • Self: Nagaharu Yodogawa
  • self: Masahiro Shinoda
  • (uncredited): Yoshihiro Katô
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