August without Him

August without Him

77 mins | Documentary | Aug. 30, 1994

Hirata Yukata became the first man in Japan to publicly acknowledge that he had contracted HIV through gay sex. Filmed over a series of months, the documentary contrasts his public life as an outspoken figure on the lecture circuit with his personal descent into illness and death.

August without Him

77 mins | Documentary | Aug. 30, 1994

August without Him
Hirata Yukata became the first man in Japan to publicly acknowledge that he had contracted HIV through gay sex. Filmed over a series of months, the documentary contrasts his public life as an outspoken figure on the lecture circuit with his personal descent into illness and death.
IMDb rating 6.6
Producers TV Man Union
Original title 彼のいない八月が
Directors Hirokazu Kore-eda
Writers

Cast

Hirata Yukata

as Himself