August Without Him

1994 • 1h 17m • Documentary

5.2(11 votes)

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

Status

Released