Movie

August Without Him

彼のいない八月が

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.

Director

Hirokazu Koreeda

Status

Released

Release date

30/08/1994

Original language

Japanese