A broke musician, his supportive boyfriend, and the straight best friend he's secretly loved for years. Cue feelings.
Shogo is a street musician who doesn't sell well. However, he dreams of one day making a major debut, and continues to sing around town today while earning money through part-time appearances in gay AVs. Shogo has a girlfriend named Yusuke who he lives with, and Yusuke supports Shogo's dreams. One day, Shogo met Kohei for the first time in a while at a class reunion. During high school, Shogo and Kohei, who had the goal of becoming a top-class architect, often talked about their dreams. The two were best friends, but in reality, Shogo was secretly in love with Kohei. After reuniting with Kohei, Shogo regains the dream he had almost lost and is working hard to create music again. However, Shogo receives word that Kohei has fallen ill with acute leukemia.
Acting
Intimate, unpolished performances that feel accidentally documentary.
Direction
Itsuki's patient handheld camerawra in cramped Tokyo spaces.
Director
Kazu Itsuki
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Part of Japan's 'pink film' tradition — genre films with adult content that often smuggle genuine auteurist drama under exploitation premises.
Kazu Itsuki directed numerous pink films in the early 2000s; this remains among the most emotionally restrained, suggesting studio pressure vs. personal vision tension.
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