Rough Sketch of a Spiral (1991)

The first gay Japanese documentary Rough Sketch of a Spiral takes an intimate look at the personal lives of gay men in Osaka The star is 25yearold Yoshiichi Yano who has written a play he hopes will open the publics eyes to the status of gays in contemporary Japan a society with deeprooted prejudices against homosexuality With abundant humor and nonchalant candor director Yasufumi Kojima follows the daytoday efforts of Yano to produce his play while introducing us to Yanos friends and actors in the play including a stunning drag queen and a charming 60yearold man who claims to be gay but a virgin