Japanese gay films: Koichi Imaizumi

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Speaking about gay pink film, has anyone saw Nakamura's Genji 's 'Beautiful
Mystery'? Often quoted as one the first gay pink film to made, is this
statement true? I don't remember seeing any 'male gay pinku' in the Nikkatsu
old days...

In the recent gay pink film, i think 'Sabaku' (2004) was quite interesting, very
reminescent of some Satou H. 'brutal flicks'. I wonder if others releases from
ENK company have same qualities..

Jasper, any hope that Artsmagic bring 'Kamen no Yuwaku' in the US?



Selon "J.sharp" <j.sharp at hpo.net>:

> Hi there,
>
> I wonder if anyone out there with their ear to the ground in Japanese indie
> filmmaking would be able to help me out of a present muddle, either on the
> list or off.
>
> It concerns K&#333;ichi Imaizumi, an actor best known for his appearances in
> Hisayasu Sat&#333;?s films.
>
> Imaizumi has now been fairly active in the gay pink film circuit, scripting
> several  films released through Okura directed by Yumi Yoshiyuki. These
> include The Real Face of Men (Otome-tachi no Sugao, 1998),  I Am Lost in
> Love (Boku wa Ai ni Much&#363;, 1999), Naughty Boys (Uwaki na Bokura, 2001)
> and Sad, Maybe (Setsunai Kamo Shirenai, 2004) - these are generally my
> translations, btw, so they might be a bit off!
>
> Now, it seems that gay pink films do not screen at the Tokyo Gay and Lesbian
> Film Festival, as they are considered exploitation, not art, but several of
> these titles have done. Having chased up the link for the film Naughty Boys,
> it seems that there are two versions of this. The jmdb credits the pink
> version as directed by Yoshiyuki, containing many of the gay cliches that
> the bara-zoku sub-genre seems to adhere to, while the version screened at
> TGLFF seems to have been completely re-shot by Imaizumi to be a bit more
> sensitive to gay viewers- I guess this second version is the one that has
> been released on DVD recently in the UK.
>
> Does anyone know the behind the scenes story behind this? Are there two
> versions, and if so, how different are they?
>
> Thanks (in anticipation),
>
> Jasper Sharp
>
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