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Japanese star, comic and supervisor Takeshi Kitano has actually disclosed that “Kubi” (“Neck”), his future samurai period drama, will certainly highlight homosexual relationships in between guys throughout 15th- and 16th-century Japan.
What he claimed: Kitano, 76, damaged the information at a press conference Wednesday in advance of “Kubi’s” opening onNov 23. The filmmaker said he intended to reveal a various side of that period, which was just depicted with “very cool actors and pretty aspects” in previous mainstream films.
“What is never shown is relationships between men at that time, including their homosexual relationships. This is a period when especially men were keeping up with their lives for other men within these relationships, including sexual relationships,” claimed Kitano, that likewise stars in the motion picture as feudal lord Toyotomi Hideyoshi.