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Kare no inai hachigatsu ga (1994)

Kare no inai hachigatsu ga poster
Original title
彼のいない八月が
Directed by
Hirokazu Koreeda
Genre
documentary film
Country
Japan
Runtime
1h 18m
Rating
5.2 of 10 from 11 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This documentary follows Hirata Yukata, the first Japanese man to publicly admit he got HIV from gay sex. The film moves between his public talks and his private struggle with sickness and dying.

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