A 3-minute time bomb from a queer cinema pioneer you've never heard of.
Early work of the celebrated director.
Direction
Every frame screams 'future master finding his voice.'
Cinematography
Golden-hour desperation captured on no budget.
Director
Ryosuke Hashiguchi
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Hashiguchi shot this as a student at Osaka University of Arts before becoming the defining voice of 1990s Japanese queer cinema with Nagisa no Shindobaddo.
In 1979 Japan, explicit queer representation was virtually nonexistent; this silent, coded encounter between two men was radical simply by existing.
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