Afternoon Breezes is a landmark 1980 film by director Hitoshi Yazaki that may be the first mainstream, overtly gay-themed movie in Japanese cinematic history. It was Yazaki’s premiere work, prefacing both his notable career and the sub-genre of LGBTQ films…
This autumn marks the 15th anniversary of the annual Latin Beat Film Festival that’s held in Tokyo, Osaka and Yokohama. This year’s lineup features titles such as I Hate New York, an LGBT docu-film by Spanish director Gustavo Sanchez that…
