San tiao ren (Away With Words) (1999)
The protagonist is Asano who has had an amazing memory since his youth spent in Okinawa. Words have tangible shapes, tastes and colours for him. This goes so far that he is not even able to forget words once he has heard ...
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Tenshi No Rakuen (Looking for an Angel) (1999)
Takachi, a young porno star from a small town in Japan is found dead. His death provides the opportunity to show us his true emotions, and how his two best friends in Tokyo remember him.
These two travel back to Takachi's town, Kochi, ...
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Kyokon densetsu: utsukushii nazo (Beautiful Mystery) (1983)
The young recruit Shinohara is assigned to the older soldier Takizawa. They learn that the country is more important than then live of the soldiers. This is best shows with the very nice line in the movie: "Japanese of origin do not ...
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Shinjuku kuroshakai: Chaina mafia sensô (Shinjuku Triad Society) (1995)
The story centers around two brothers on either side of the law in the midst of a gangland war to determine control of Tokyo's seedy Shinjuku district. Kiriya is a tough, Chinese born cop whose brutal tactics for keeping the peace do ...
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Okoge (Fag Hag, おこげ) (1993)
Sayoko, a young woman, meets Goh and his older gay lover Tochi, and invites them to use a room in her apartment. The three become good friends until Tochi's wife threatens to expose Tochi to his office workers.
Tochi leaves ...
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Mayonaka no Yaji-san Kita-san (Yaji and Kita: The Midnight Pilgrims, 真夜中の弥次さん喜多さん) (2005)
Comic actor Kankuro Kudo makes his directorial debut in this unusual, visually stunning film, based on his own script. The movie is a period drama that frequently changes its time frame to fit the needs of the narrative.
Yajirobe and Kitahachi are a ...
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Kurutta Butokai (Kitami) (1989)
Ryuzaki, an editor of Muscle Magazine, which features photographs of men with sculpted bodies, becomes involved with a man named Kitami; their affair soon becomes dominated by sadomasochistic games, with a horrid result.
Jump ahead one year, Ryuzaki is released from jail and ...
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Anata-ga suki desu, dai suki desu (I Like You,I Like You Very Much, あなたが好きです、大好きです。) (1994)
A gay Japanese couple examines their monogamous relationship after one of them initiates a liasion with a young hunk in a train station. Representative of Japan's "pink films," art-house, gay-themed fare with explicit sexuality and high production values.
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Director: Hiroyuki Oki
Writer: Hiroyuki ...
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Alldays: Ni-chôme no asahi (2008)
The movie's title is a play on the popular Always - Sunset on Third Street films and also deals with circumstances 1950's Tokyo, but focuses on the homosexual district of Shinjuku ni-chome.
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Movie: ALLDAYS Nichome no Asahi
Romaji: ALLDAYS Nichome no Asahi
Japanese: ALLDAYS 二丁目の朝日
Director: ...
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Asymmetry (アシンメトリー) (2008)
Amamiya Hokuto once had the dream of traveling the world as a freelance photographer. Now, working as a freelance writer, he is dealing with failure everyday because of his honest nature. One day, Hokuto goes to the hospital to ...
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