Movie

August Without Him (1994)

• August 30, 1994
• 1h 17m

• Documentary

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.

Director

Hirokazu Kore-eda

Starring

Hirata Yukata