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201571 minPG-13documentary

Body Positivity Addiction Lgbtq Rights

Itecho

201571 minPG-13documentary

Tanaka Yukio explores Kansai's underground art scene, meeting artists like Daikokudo Miro, Simone Fukayuki, and Azumi, who express their identities through various mediums.

Body Positivity Addiction Lgbtq Rights

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Tanaka Yukio explores Kansai's underground art scene, meeting artists like Daikokudo Miro, Simone Fukayuki, and Azumi, who express their identities through various mediums.

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Tanaka Yukio, a director from Nishinari, meets various artists in Kansai's underground scene. Through his friend Daikokudo Miro, a gay manga creator, Tanaka encounters drag queen Simone Fukayuki and transgender artist Azumi. These individuals express their identities through art, touching on themes of homosexuality, fetishism, body modification, and drug addiction. The film runs for 71 minutes and presents a raw look at the lives and experiences of these sexual minorities.

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