Hatachi No Binetsu is a Japanese film directed by Ryosuke Hashiguchi

Ryōsuke Hashiguchi

is a Japanese film director particularly known for taking up gay subjects. He won the award for Best Director at the 24th Yokohama Film Festival for Hush! and at the 33rd Hochi Film Award for Gururi no koto...

, starring Yoshihiko Hakamada and Masashi Endo, released in 1993.

Plot outline

Yoshihiko and Masashi play Tatsuru and Shinichiro, respectively, both young male hustlers in Japan. The older one, Tatsuru, disconnects himself from his emotions in order to perform his job. The younger Shinichiro, meanwhile, grows uncomfortable with the work once he has fallen in love with Tatsuru. After Shinichiro gets thrown out of his parents' house, he stays at Tatsuru's apartment, and their once casual relationship awkwardly develops into something else.

Reaction in Japan

Hatachi No Binetsu was a commercial success, surprising given its subject matter. It was nothing less than a breakthrough for real life gay-oriented films in Japan.

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