A few of my favourite gay Asian films ...

[Smiles]

I love Asian movies. They can often be weird (exacerbated by wonky, head-shaking subtitles) but that's often what makes me gravitate to them. They can be slow, even lanquid, and full of a 'style' which is quite understandable to their nationality, but makes westerners vaguely uncomfortable.

Thailand can be an awfully hot place at times, especially during the April ~ September heat waves: a perfect environment to turn on the aircon and watch some movies, undisturbed by a boyfriend who loves making money, thus loves working, thus outta my hair for hours at a time.

Here are four Asian gay films which you might find enjoyable. I've put two of them in this post, and two more in the following post ... (for some reason one has a limit of 2 YouTube videos per post. I don't get that really, but not a big deal).

My choices are numbered from 'Best Film' to 'Not Best Film' ... but out of a large crowd of gay Asian movies these four stand out for me.



"No Regret" (1) South Korea, English subs (but not the greatest)

'No Regret' is a movie which took awhile to appreciate. I watched it first a few years ago, liked it but not loved. But there was something about it which made me come back to it a number of times. It just seemed to get better on each viewing (and I hardly ever watch a movie more than once).
This is a movie, not of 'boys', but of 'men' ... the 2 main characters are late 20's/early30's. The main character is immensely handsome as well as being in just about every shot. Smokely sexy, yet quietly inward-looking, he makes this film what it is.
(The ending is a bit over the top, the only part I could live without.)







"No Touching at all" (2) Japanese, English Subs

Another day, another angst-full Japanese gay man.
This movie is just plain sweet: the angst character is as shy as it gets, whilst his boss at work hasn't a shy bone in his body. This one takes it's time but the first kiss goes a long way. I loved both of the main characters in different ways ... so far away from each other's innerness that it may well seem an impossible match, and for a long time it is.
Some nice touching moments here, in spite of the title.

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