Despite the fact that this year we have seen several openly Lgbtq+ films made in Japan, the issue is still taboo in the country. “Athlete” by Takamasa Oe is now available for streaming, by Echelon Studios. Let’s have a closer look.
The story is quite simple. One day, former competitive swimmer, nowadays children trainer of swimming Kohei (Joe Nakamura) comes home. As a welcome, his wife tells him she wants a divorce. Even their daughter seems to see the sense in this decision. Thus, Kohei does what every sensible man would do. Gets drunk and ends in an Lgbtq+ bar run by transwoman Priscilla. He wakes up in an apartment that belongs to Yuki (Yoshiaki Umegaki), gay, polyamorous, making his living as a chat boy while aspiring to become an animator.
Despite the immediate moment of distrust when Kohei checks for traces of rape, the two men stay living together.
The story is quite simple. One day, former competitive swimmer, nowadays children trainer of swimming Kohei (Joe Nakamura) comes home. As a welcome, his wife tells him she wants a divorce. Even their daughter seems to see the sense in this decision. Thus, Kohei does what every sensible man would do. Gets drunk and ends in an Lgbtq+ bar run by transwoman Priscilla. He wakes up in an apartment that belongs to Yuki (Yoshiaki Umegaki), gay, polyamorous, making his living as a chat boy while aspiring to become an animator.
Despite the immediate moment of distrust when Kohei checks for traces of rape, the two men stay living together.
- 12/18/2019
- by Anomalilly
- AsianMoviePulse
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