A restored masterpiece unmasks Tokyo's underground gay subculture of the 1960s

[simondedalus]

this film is pretty great. i got it on video from a catalogue in the 90s (heard of it because one of the stars was in kurosawa's "ran").

if you like this, you would probably like shuuji terayama (of emperor tomato ketchup fame), those his work isn't the easiest to get in the USA outside of an academic context.

more available is nagisa oshima, a lot of whose work is on the excellent streaming service filmstruck, but it's a bit headier than bara no soretsu.

[kyledrake]

Portland people interested, it just happens to be screening at the Hollywood tonight.

[rfurmani]

For SF people it's playing at the Alamo Drafthouse this weekend

[jansho]

Gender neutrality is currently trending in Harajuku. Source: BBC doc "Ryan Gander: The Idea of Japan" (now have to sign up to iPlayer though)

[bobsgame]

This looks really interesting. I'm fascinated by gender dichotomy and how different my experiences would be with just a different chromosome.

[aisofteng]

"Just a different chromosome" can also give you Down's, if it doesn't outright kill you. It seems strange to use a diminutive to refer to a huge change in the genetic material that one's entire body is defined by.