August without Him (彼のいない八月が) 30 years old

August without Him

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.

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August without Him (30 years)

  • Release day: Tuesday, August 30, 1994
  • Runtime: 77 minutes