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Hold Me And Kiss Me (1992)

Hold Me And Kiss Me poster
Original title
私を抱いてそしてキスして
Directed by
Junya Satō
Genre
drama film
Country
Japan
Runtime
1h 46m
Rating
8.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A woman confronts the realities of AIDS in Japan. The film is based on a nonfiction book and follows her personal experience with the disease.

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What happens

『私を抱いてそしてキスして』(わたしをだいてそしてキスして)は、1992年東映製作配給の日本映画。主演・南野陽子、監督・佐藤純彌。 日本映画で初めてエイズ問題を正面から描いた作品。大宅壮一ノンフィクション賞を受賞した家田荘子の同名ノンフィクションを原作としている。また、日本映画で初めて厚生省(当時)の推薦を受けた。 (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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