From shiny pride parades to playfully perverse underground parties, Queer Japan showcases people living brazenly unconventional lives in the sunlight, the shadows, and everywhere in between. Dazzling, iconoclastic drag queen Vivienne Sato peels back the layers of language and identity. Maverick manga artist Gengoroh Tagame tours the world with his unapologetically erotic gay comics. Councilwoman Aya Kamikawa recounts her rocky path to becoming the first transgender elected official in Japan. Culled from 100+ interviews conducted over three years in locations across Japan, Queer Japan offers the ultimate view of LGBTQ+ culture in Japan.

Presented in partnership with The Japan Foundation, Toronto.

Japan Through the Lens: From cocktails to design to queer activism, explore the many layers of the unique country of Japan through five fresh finds rarely screened in North America.

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