Underplayed Gems

Beautiful Mystery (1983)

Beautiful Mystery poster
Original title
巨根伝説 美しき謎
Directed by
Genji Nakamura
Genre
pink film, LGBTQ-related film
Country
Japan
Runtime
1h 01m
Rating
4.6 of 10 from 9 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

This satirical pink film loosely follows the life of a Japanese author and nationalist. It uses explicit and stylized scenes to mock his personal and political image.

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What happens

Beautiful Mystery (Japanese: 巨根伝説 美しき謎, Hepburn: Kyokon Densetsu: Utsukushiki Nazo; lit. "Legend of the Giant Cock: The Beautiful Mystery") is a 1983 Japanese pink film (softcore pornographic film) directed by Genji Nakamura and written by Rokurō Mochizuki. A satire of the life of Japanese author and nationalist Yukio Mishima, the film was one of the earliest commercially produced gay pornographic films in Japan. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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