<html><head><style type='text/css'>p { margin: 0; }</style></head><body><div style='font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000'>Title escapes me but Ayumi Hamasaki was in a movie as a young actress as the third wheel in a man/man love triangle. Something in the title to do with Sinbad ( . . . .!?)<br><br><br><br>----- Original Message -----<br>From: "Martin Vieillot" <eigagogo@free.fr><br>To: KineJapan@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu<br>Sent: Wednesday, April 14, 2010 5:03:39 PM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central<br>Subject: Re: Japanese queer/gay cinema<br><br>I'd suggest looking at Hiroyuki Oki works. ENK (pink movies) productions may also prove to be useful (though often being made by heterosuexal crew)<br><br><br><br><br>----- Mail Original -----<br>De: "Nicholas Rucka" <maboroshiiproductions@gmail.com><br>À: KineJapan@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu<br>Envoyé: Mercredi 14 Avril 2010 23h50:16 GMT +01:00 Amsterdam / Berlin / Berne / Rome / Stockholm / Vienne<br>Objet: Re: Japanese queer/gay cinema<br><br>Some quick thoughts: I'd suggest looking at Shuji Terayama's films as well as Toshio Matsumoto's Funeral Parade of Roses. Also, I don't know if cross-dressing would count but actor Akihiro Miwa is openly gay (and was a former lover of Yukio Mishima). In fact, Miwa appeared in Kinji Fukasaku's Black Lizard & Black Rose Mansion as a 'woman.'<br><br>-Nicholas<br>-------------------------------------<br>Nicholas Rucka<br>nicholas@mab-pro.com<br>http://www.midnighteye.com<br>http://mab-pro.blogspot.com<br><br><br><br><br>On Apr 14, 2010, at 2:41 PM, Artur Szarecki wrote:<br><br>> Hi,<br>> <br>> Three films by Ryosuke Hashiguchi immediately spring to my mind: 'Hatachi no binetsu' (1993), 'Nagisa no Shindobaddo' (1995) and 'Hush!' (2001). Also Inudou Isshin's 'La maison de Himiko' (2005) and Kankurou Kudou's 'Mayonaka no Yaji-san Kita-san' portray homosexuality as a major theme.<br>> Best regards,<br>> Artur Szarecki <br><br></div></body></html>