August Without Him (1994)
Directed by Hirokazu Koreeda
Run Time - 78 min. |
Countries - Japan |
MPAA Rating - NR
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Synopsis
Hirata Yukata became the first man in Japan to publicly acknowledge that he had contracted HIV through gay sex. Filmed over a series of months, the documentary contrasts his public life as an outspoken figure on the lecture circuit with his personal descent into illness and death.