Set in Tokyo’s dazzling underground queer scene, this kaleidoscopic masterpiece from the late 60s follows self-defined “gay-boys” Eddie and Leda in their violent love-triangle with club owner Gonda in an erotic and unapologetic phantasmagoria that shatters expectations, and notions of gender. This screening marks the 50th anniversary of a
key pioneering work of Japanese New Wave and Asian queer cinema.
dir. Toshio Matsumoto | Japan | 1969 | 105min | Japanese with English subtitles
Short before the feature:
ALIENATION | dir. Kang-chien Chiu | Taiwan | 1966 | 6min
Presented in partnership with Queer East Film Festival. Supported by Taiwan Film Institute.