1990s Derek Le Beau 1990s Derek Le Beau

Gohatto (1999)

Queer relationships and sexual attraction among samurai men is explored in acclaimed Japanese filmmaker Nagisa Ōshima’s 1999 film GOHATTO (Taboo).

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1930s Derek Le Beau 1930s Derek Le Beau

DRAGNET GIRL (1933)

Hiroshi (Kōji Mitsui) and Tokiko (Kinuyo Tanaka) are queer-coded characters in Yasujirō Ozu’s 1933 Japanese silent film HIJŌSEN NO ONNA (aka DRAGNET GIRL).

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2020s Derek Le Beau 2020s Derek Le Beau

Cherry Magic! (2020)

The 2020 series, CHERRY MAGIC! THIRTY YEARS OF VIRGINITY CAN MAKE YOU A WIZARD?! is based on the 2018 “Boys’ Love” (Yaoi) manga of the same name by writer/illustrator Yuu Toyota.

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