August Without Him

August Without Him — Plot

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.

• Release date
• August 30, 1994
• Runtime
• 77 min
• Genres
• Documentary
• Director
• Hirokazu Kore-eda