
Kyokon densetsu: utsukushii nazo (1983) aka Beautiful Mystery
Directed by Genji Nakamura
Runtime: USA:60 min
Country: Japan
Language: Japanese
Color: Color
Subs: English hardsubbed
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0261786/
Like Hiroyuki Oki's "I Like You... I Like You Very Much (1995)", this is another weird stuff from Pink Film.
This would make a great triple bill with Schrader's bio-pic "Mishima" and Mishima's own (approx. 1/2 hour) "Rite of Love and Death." All three of these works deal somewhat with Mishima's fatal sexual obsession with Seppuku as Ritual Theatre.
This one is a very funny all-male pink film, which evidently riled Japanese nationalists when it played successfully in theatres there. It's actually a well made and entertaining little curiosity that manages to be both fairly explicit (by American standards, anyway) and rather innocent at the same time.
Look for Ren Osugi - who can be seen in a lot of "real" movies like "Beat" Takeshi's "Hana-Bi" ("Fireworks") - as the militaristic homosexual-cult leader.
Prolific Nippon porn director Genji Nakamura released "Beautiful Mystery" directly to local adult cinemas in 1983. But its sexual activity is hardly graphic by Western standards, and this surprisingly droll sendup of notorious author and extreme nationalist Yukio Mishima ("The Sailor Who Fell From Grace With the Sea") functions on more than a purely titillating plane. Despite short running time, gay fests and more adventurous theatrical programmers could have a cult find here....
Unknown Treasures of Japanese Film.
Nakamura Genji, noted commercial, feature andiadult film maker presents his first "Pink Film,"ia radical look at gay sexualityiin Japan.
Shinohara,ia young bodybuilder, joinsia para-military sectiin northern Japan. His instructor, Takizawa, takesia likingito theinew recruit. After an early "special" training session theitwo developia lasting andiloving relationship.
Beautiful Mystery was theifirst gay "adult" filmito come out of Japan. Although tame byiU.S. standards, it isiground-breaking nonetheless.
Just a good tidings:
The full source of kenneth anger's "Inauguration.of.the.Pleasure.Dome" and W.S. Burroughs's "Ah Pook is Here" are back! Same hash as before. now you can restart or continue your unfinished files.

Still waiting other non-full stuffs like bill viola, Bertrand Blier, Jiri Trnka, Poeme Electronique, The Seafarers...
