Kyokon Densetsu: Utsukushiki Nazo (1983)

Synopsis of Kyokon Densetsu: Utsukushiki Nazo

Prolific exploitation auteur Genji Nakamura directed this controversial satire for ENK, the Osaka-based subsidiary of Nikkatsu which tended to release most of the studio's gay-themed films. Ren Ohsugi stars as a right-wing revolutionary modeled on real-life terrorist Yukio Mishima, whose 1969 suicide was Japan's last officially sanctioned act of hara-kiri. Ohsugi is known throughout the group for his large phallus, but the film really centers on the preparations for an unsuccessful coup, and two young men (Kei Shuto, Tatsuya Nagamoto) who discover homosexual love in the context of military male bonding. Granted, the orgy scene is stretching such a notion a bit, but the film still hit some nerves, leading to protests and bomb threats from the military itself. Masayoshi Nogami co-stars. ~ Robert Firsching, Rovi

Director(s):

Genji Nakamura

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