Toshio Matsumoto (松本 俊夫, Matsumoto Toshio) (25 March 1932 – 12 April 2017) was a Japanese film director and video artist.

Matsumoto was born in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan and graduated from Tokyo University in 1955.

His most famous film is Funeral Parade of Roses (Bara no soretsu).

The film was loosely inspired by Oedipus Rex, featuring a transgender woman (portrayed by Peter) trying to move up in the world of Tokyo Hostess clubs.

[1] He was also president of the Japan Society of Image Arts and Sciences.