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Skin of Youth

2025 Drama

San dreams of saving enough money for gender affirming surgery to finally live in a body that reflects who she truly is. To help make that dream possible, her lover Nam enters the dangerous world of underground dog cage fighting to earn the money they need.

SHORT FILM

Solid

2021 Drama

Intimacy gets cut short by constant alerts and earthquakes.

The Garden

1990 Drama

A woman, perhaps the Madonna, brings forth her baby to a crowd of intrusive paparazzi; she tries to flee them. Two men who are lovers marry and are arrested by the powers that be. The men are mocked and pilloried, tarred, feathered, and beaten. Loose in this contemporary world of electrical-power transmission lines is also Jesus.

SHORT FILM

Saezuru Tori wa Habatakanai: Don’t Stay Gold

2021 Animation, Romance

Medical doctor Kage meets a rebellious Kuga through mafia boss Yashiro. Kage sees some scars on Kuga's body, and becomes attracted to him.

Blue

1993 Drama

Against a plain, unchanging blue screen, a densely interwoven soundtrack of voices, sound effects and music attempt to convey a portrait of Derek Jarman’s experiences with AIDS, both literally and allegorically, together with an exploration of the meanings associated with the colour blue.

SHORT FILM

Fufu

2022 Romance

Two husbands, Tatsuki and Yudai have been for many years. It is getting closer to the day that Yudai will say goodbye. Now, their memories are flashing.

SHORT FILM

Old Narcissus

2017 Comedy

Yamazaki, a former beauty struggling with aging, meets Leo, leading to a painful realization during an S&M encounter, challenging his self-image.

Melody of Our Love

2008 Drama

Maki, a young music student, has fallen hard for his classmate Ruiku. Determined to break through Ruiku's walls, Maki sets out to win the heart of the boy he can't stop thinking about, no matter how difficult the journey may be.

SHORT FILM

The Interpreter

2019 Drama, Romance

Kaito, a Japanese-American interpreter in Tokyo, is hired to bridge the language gap between Jacob, an American pursuing a romance with a Japanese woman named Hiromi. But as he becomes increasingly involved in their lives, Kaito begins to notice unsettling inconsistencies that suggest someone is hiding a dangerous secret. To uncover the truth, he must step out from behind the scenes before it's too late.

An Eye for an Eye and a Hole for a Hole

2015 Comedy

Kenji, the young head of Kato yakuza organisation, just got out of the jail. He comes home and founds out the opposing Sawaki yakuza is invading Kato’s territory. Sawaki recruited Ikeyama and asked him to kill Kenji, but Ikeyama was Kenji’s lover who exchanged the cup of brothers in a jail.

The Ultimate Masturbation

2016 Comedy, Drama

A straight graduate student attends a secluded mountain retreat led by a self proclaimed "gay masturbation guru," where participants openly explore a wide range of masturbation techniques. After a traumatic assault by another attendee, his experience takes a dark turn, forcing him to question his beliefs, his boundaries, and the meaning of intimacy.

The Family Complete

2010 Comedy, Sci-Fi

A highly contagious incest virus induces several generations of a Japanese family to have sex in all possible constellations and across gender boundaries.

Japanese Gay Movies & Short Films

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Skin of Youth

Solid

The Garden

Saezuru Tori wa Habatakanai: Don’t Stay Gold

Blue

Fufu

Old Narcissus

Melody of Our Love

The Interpreter

An Eye for an Eye and a Hole for a Hole

The Ultimate Masturbation

The Family Complete

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