Masayoshi Nogami — Director (4)

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Sea of Vanity (1984)
虚飾の海 IMDb TMDB
other title: 虚飾の海
A film adaptation (funded by Ken Togo) based on an expose book by a person involved in the Japanese entertainment industry of the time. The book describes among other things the drug-fueled parties, orgies of the entertainment business and what some celebrities like Johnny Kitagawa among others were allegedly up to in their free time. Basically giving an open-book about the secrets of the entertainment-world. The film adapts and portrays some of the shocking scenes of this book, focussing more on the gay-aspect of the expose.

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Brown Target (1984)
褐色のターゲット IMDb TMDB
other title: 褐色のターゲット
Yokosuka in the early 1980s. The military town, which once prospered from the Vietnam War economy, was exhausted, lifeless, and in ruins due to the aftereffects of the Vietnam War. Fumio, who lived hand to mouth, working as a prostitute for American soldiers and selling yak. One day, Fumio is lynched by the group's thugs for a trivial mistake. Fumio, who was covered in blood and unable to move, was later rescued by a black man who happened to be passing by. The black man's name was Al. Although he is a military veteran, he did not return to the United States and continued to live in Yokosuka, aiming to become a professional jazz pianist. After receiving kindness from someone for the first time, Fumio falls in love with Al, but since Al is straight, he rejects Fumio's courtship, but out of concern for Fumio who has no place to live, they start living together as close friends...

Movie

Nirvana Man (1983)
涅槃の人 IMDb TMDB
other title: 涅槃の人
A depiction of the real story of actor Masaya Oki and his relationship with his adoptive father who adopted him as a son when Masaya Oki was 23 years old. In these days homosexuality was seen as unusual and hidden away from public. A 31 year old actor checks into a hotel in Tokyo, leaving a note with the words "Dad, wait in Nirvana..."

Movie

修羅の門 若妻人質性拷問 (1983)
Douban
野上正義 actor: 友川かずき / 風美玲子 …
無機質なコンクリートジャングル、東京。川畑文治もまた、この大都会のまん中で暮らしていた。中学卒業後、東北の田舎町より上京。生来の短気と怠け癖から、寿司屋を転々とし、もう十年以上も板前をやりながら東京で生活していた。