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August Without Him (1994)

August Without Him (1994)

Documentary
Release Date: 1994, August 30
Directors: Hirokazu Kore-eda
Countries: Japan
Production: TV Man Union
Cast: Hirata Yukata

Overview:

Hirata Yukata became the first man in Japan to publicly acknowledge that he had contracted HIV through gay sex. Filmed over a series of months, the documentary contrasts his public life as an outspoken figure on the lecture circuit with his personal descent into illness and death.