Starrg Suzi Ryohei and Miyazawa H, “Egoist” avoids mawkishns s exploratn of a gay relatnship ntemporary Japan.
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FAVORE ASIAN, GAY-THEMED FEATURE FILMS
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From Tsuyoshi Kanagi’s portrayal of a transgenr woman Midnight Swan to a gay lawyer’s battle wh love and self-rentment Three Stori of Love, the Japane LGBTQ films have helped shaped Japan’s morn film dtry and the untry’s attus towards LGBTQ people. The film exam them of love, abandonment and heartbreak om three polar-oppose characters: Shomiya (Ryo Ika), a closeted gay lawyer wh a self-flicted emotnal wound, Atshi (Atshi Shohara), a bridge spector grievg his late wife and Toko (Toko Nashima), a hoewife who has an affair wh a sm artist.
Much like Hashiguchi’s prev works, such as A Touch of Fever and Hh — both of which featured gay men — the film weav the lonels and agily of each character through their muted speratn.
After a group of high school sophomor take an LGBTQ awarens urse school, the stunts grow spic of their classmat’ sexualy. They rne at Hoe of Himiko, a nursg home found by her father for gay men. It do have a gay character and cute scen wh his roommate but there is no uple formed.
GAY M/M JAPAN - (MOVI & DRAMAS)
The films that most rocked my world as I first stumbled across the vast universe of gay-themed Asian cema, ranked om greatt to slightly ls-great. In the first weeks after my disvery I often watched two or three of the movi per day. The are the on that left me sobbg, lghg…" name="scriptn * film gay japan *
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This primarily occurs through the juxtaposn of Kose’s luxur life wh Ryuta’s unexpected plot twist then lnch Egoist to s third act, which—whout spoilg too much—prov pecially distct om other films about gay upl navigatg an unacceptg society, and subverts the nventns of tre romance. Scen of Kose hangg out wh other gay iends, ually while sharg a meal an izakaya over drks, or sometim dnkenly stumblg home, are one example. The films that most rocked my world as I first stumbled across the vast universe of gay-themed Asian cema, ranked om greatt to slightly ls-great.
Japane movi, dramas, and drama specials wh Gay (M/M) them and characters. There was a time, not long ago, when gay and lbian characters Hollywood films were lored var shas of badns.
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In the recent edy “Natchan’s Ltle Secrets, ” for example, the film’s gay protagonist tells two pals that all they knew about their sudnly ceased drag queen iend were her fetish and taste men.
The subtext: Gay relatnships revolve around shallow tle of Daishi Matsunaga’s groundbreakg new film "Egoist, " which is based on the eponymo semi-tobgraphil novel by Makoto Takayama, hts at more of the same when a gay fashn magaze edor (Ryohei Suzi) turns his hot personal traer (H Miyazawa) to his pensated lover. Capturg them, such as gay marriage, sexual orientatn and genr inty, juxtaposed agast societal rtrats, the LGBTQ+ movi have bee a powerful medium to spread awarens and pict the stggl of the muny to a larger dience.