The read
Critics rate it 23 points higher than audiences do.
Synopsis
In 1960s Tokyo, Gonda owns a bar in which the gay, cross-dresser, and trans scenes meet. Gonda is in a relationship with the madam of the bar, Leda. As the younger Eddie starts a passionate affair with Gonda, she ignites the jealousy of Leda, unaware of another kind of history between them.
Ratings
IMDb7.7/10
Rotten Tomatoes100%
Critics rate it 23 points higher than audiences do.
252 audience votes
Key crew
- Toshio MatsumotoDirector
- Toshio MatsumotoScreenplay
- Joji YuasaOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Shinnosuke IkehataEddie
- Yoshio TsuchiyaGonda
- Emiko AzumaEddie's Mother
- Toshiya FujitaCast
- Kiyoshi AwazuCast
- Osamu OgasawaraLeda
- Yoshimi JôJimi
- Koichi NakamuraJuju
- Flamenco UmejiGreco
- Saako OotaMari
- Tarô ManjiNora
- Toyosaburo UchiyamaGuevara
Stills
Themes
transvestiteoedipusblack and whiteunassumingcomplexintimate