Japanese queer/gay cinema

[matteo boscarol]

Another Matsui`s movie , "Doko ni Iku no?" (Where are we Going?),
depicts a love story between Akira, a gay man, and Anzu, a real "new
half" (transsexual).

Matteo

2010/4/15 shota ogawa <shota.ogawa at gmail.com>:
> 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.
>
> Also, there is a lesbian couple in Jissouji's Typhoon Club.
>
> best.
>
> shota
>
> On Thu, Apr 15, 2010 at 6:30 AM, Claudia Anderson <204172 at soas.ac.uk> wrote:
>>
>> There is also "Watashi wa watashi de aru tame ni" which is a film about a
>> young transsexual woman and the struggles she faces with her family and
>> relationships - with three main characters played by transsexual women,
>> including Nakamura Ataru. It is a film which is more true to life rather
>> than with pornographic and violent themes, and has transgenderism as a
>> central theme, so may be useful.
>>
>> Claudia
>>
>> On 15 April 2010 11:08, Valeria Soddu <v_soddu at yahoo.it> wrote:
>>>
>>> Not to forget is also the beautiful movie "Kira kira hikaru" by Matsuoka
>>> Joji about homosexuality.
>>>
>>> And of course "Gohatto" by Oshima Nagisa.
>>>
>>> In countless japanese movies homosexuality is not the major theme but it
>>> is all the same very present like for instance in the horror sequels
>>> "Eko Eko Azaraku" by Sato Shimano which deals also with lesbian love
>>> (mainly platonic) at school.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Valeria Soddu
>>>
>>>
>>> --------------------------------------------------
>>> From: "Dick Stegewerns" <dick.stegewerns at xs4all.nl>
>>> Sent: Wednesday, April 14, 2010 10:49 PM
>>> To: <KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu>
>>> Subject: Japanese queer/gay cinema
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Dear colleagues,
>>>>
>>>> I have a graduate student who wants to write on Japanese films dealing
>>>> with homo- or trans-sexuality but who is not terribly successful in finding
>>>> films and sources. I am afraid my mind is blank and I cannot think of more
>>>> than a handful of films (not pink or porn) in which homosexuality is a major
>>>> theme and cannot recollect having read one book or article on the subject.
>>>>
>>>> Film titles and reading suggestions (both English and Japanese) most
>>>> welcome.
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>>
>>>> Dick Stegewerns
>>>> Oslo University
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 13.04.2010 04:51, Alex Bates wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> How was the film?  I'm looking forward to seeing it.
>>>>> There is a great resource at the Japan Foundation for finding
>>>>> translations:
>>>>> http://www.jpf.go.jp/e/culture/media/exchange/translationsearch.html
>>>>> A search there showed translations in German, Spanish, Polish, Italian,
>>>>> Hungarian and Czech, as well as English.
>>>>> Here is the citation for the English version:
>>>>> "Villon's Wife" translated by Donald Keene, in New Directions 15, 1955.
>>>>> pages: 176-195
>>>>> best,
>>>>> Alex
>>>>>
>>>>> Alex Bates
>>>>> East Asian Studies
>>>>> Dickinson College
>>>>> Carlisle, PA 17013
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Apr 12, 2010, at 10:19 PM, Michael Kerpan wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Just enjoyed seeing Negishi's new adaptation of Dazai's Villon's Wife
>>>>>> --  and wonder if there is an English translation of the source story?
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
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