Akira Mizuta Lippit

University of Southern California

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Professor of Cinema and media studies at the University of Southern California.

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Part fiction and part documentary, the 1969 film “Funeral Parade of Roses” is set against the backdrop of Tokyo’s underground gay and drag scenes.

Appreciating a Japanese cult film set in 1960s drag queen culture

Part fiction and part documentary, the 1969 film “Funeral Parade of Roses” is set against the backdrop of Tokyo’s underground gay and drag scenes.

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