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The Celluloid Closet

CGiii Rating

Bizarre story of young Japanese rock star who becomes obsessed with fear of AIDS. Very daring for Japan.

Public Rating

More Love

Country: Japan, Language: Japanese, 60 mins

The Celluloid Closet | Drama | Sadly Forgotten Features | 1984

Original Title

More and More Love
  • Director: Koshi Shimada
  • Producer: Ken Togoh

CGiii Comment

'More and More Love', Japan, 1984, is directly concerned with homophobia and the AIDS crisis. It tells of a popular singer who finds love, a journalist who exposes him, the hysterical reactions of his Christian parents, his fear that he has caught AIDS and his supportive gay friends. The film is a strong indictment of the negative effect Christianity has had on Japanese society. There were a number of long sex scenes (as close to hard-core as you can get without showing genitals), and this might seem inappropriate in a serious film to Western audiences.

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