Apologies for my mistake, I got Somai mixed up with Jissoji.<br>Perhaps homoerotic encounter is a convention in Gakuen-mono although I am not so familiar with the field.<br>House/ Obayashi Nobuhiko also has a homosexual undertone.<br>
<br>I'm sure someone mentioned this already, but Nakajima Takehiro's Okoge is also interesting.<br><br>There is also Zoku Akumyo (or Shin Akumyo) with Katsu Shintaro which has an okama side-kick character,<br>although the representation of okama might be a separate field.<br>
<br>shota <br> <br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Apr 15, 2010 at 10:43 AM, Michael Kerpan <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mekerpan@verizon.net">mekerpan@verizon.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr><td style="font: inherit;" valign="top">Are you referring to Shinji Somai's Typhoon Club -- or some other film (by Jissoji)? (I can't recall many details of Typhoon Club -- last seemn too long ago).<br>
<br>--- On <b>Thu, 4/15/10, shota ogawa <i><<a href="mailto:shota.ogawa@gmail.com" target="_blank">shota.ogawa@gmail.com</a>></i></b> wrote:<br>
<blockquote style="padding-left: 5px; margin-left: 5px; border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255);"><br>From: shota ogawa <<a href="mailto:shota.ogawa@gmail.com" target="_blank">shota.ogawa@gmail.com</a>><div class="im">
<br>Subject: Re: Japanese queer/gay cinema<br></div><div class="im">To: <a href="mailto:KineJapan@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu" target="_blank">KineJapan@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu</a><br></div>Date: Thursday, April 15, 2010, 11:25 AM<br>
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<div><div class="im">Oshima's Gohatto has been mentioned, but many other Oshima films depict gay or queer characters; the Korean conscript who performs a harakiri after sodomizing a dutch prisoner of war in Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence, the Catholic priest in Death by Hanging, and the opening scene of In the Realm of the Senses. <br>
<br></div>Also, there is a lesbian couple in Jissouji's Typhoon Club.----------------------------------------<br></div></blockquote></td></tr></tbody></table></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>----------------------------------------<br>
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