Japanese queer/gay cinema

[matteo boscarol]

Although it is difficult to find, Matsui Yoshihiko`s Sabita Akikan
(Empty Rusty Can) deals also with homosexuality

Best

Matteo

2010/4/15 Mark%20Mays <tetsuwan at comcast.net>:
> Also Love My Life, which I believe has seen a DVD release in the West
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> From: "Martin Vieillot" <eigagogo at free.fr>
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> Sent: Wednesday, April 14, 2010 5:03:39 PM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central
> Subject: Re: Japanese queer/gay cinema
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> 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)
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> Envoyé: Mercredi 14 Avril 2010 23h50:16 GMT +01:00 Amsterdam / Berlin /
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> 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.'
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> On Apr 14, 2010, at 2:41 PM, Artur Szarecki wrote:
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>> Hi,
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>> 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.
>> Best regards,
>> Artur Szarecki
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