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Shinohara, a young body-builder, joins a para-military sect in northern Japan. His instructor, Takizawa, takes a liking to the new recruit. After an early “special” training session the two develop a lasting and loving relationship. “Beautiful Mystery” was the first gay “adult” film to come out of Japan. Although tame by U.S. standards, it is ground–breaking nonetheless. Edit Translation

  • English
  • magyar / magyar nyelv
  • dansk
  • Norsk
  • Country: Japan
  • Type: Movie
  • Release Date: Apr 1, 1983
  • Duration: 60 min.
  • Score: 6.2 (scored by 23 users)
  • Ranked: #73714
  • Popularity: #99999
  • Content Rating: 18+ Restricted (violence & profanity)

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jiritwist
4 people found this review helpful
Nov 17, 2023
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Overall 7.5
Story 8.0
Acting/Cast 7.5
Music 7.0
Rewatch Value 7.0
You need to prepare for this film first, read something, why it was made, at what time. If a European approaches it just like that, the film can come across as a total dud. But I think the opposite is true. The film was based on the subject of Yukio Mishima's private army (we have an excellent documentary about Mishima here - Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters). The story mainly follows Shinohara, a Japanese youth recruited into Mitani's militia. You will find out what awaits him and how it will turn out in this picture with a subtle touch of parody, when Shinoharu gradually submits to an exhausting regime of homosexual orgies, which are meant to cover up the least. I smiled, for example, at the second erotic scene, when one of the two apparently grew a phallus between the sternum and navel. The message of the film is obvious, but I don't really agree with Mishima's stance, but it didn't affect my rating in any way. It's one of the little pieces of East Asian gay history that we shouldn't miss.


Na tento film je potřeba se nejdříve připravit, něco si přečíst, proč byl vyroben, v jaké době. Pokud k němu přistoupí Evropan jen tak, může se film jevit jako totální blbina. Ale dle mě opak je pravdou. Film vznikl na základě námětu o soukromé armádě Yukio Mishima (o Mishimovi zde máme výborný filmový hraný dokument - Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters). Příběh sleduje především Shinoharu, japonského mladíka rekrutovaného do Mitaniho milice. Co všechno ho čeká a jak to dopane se dozvíte v tomto snímku s jemným nádechem parodie, kdy se Shinoharu postupně podvolí vyčerpávajícímu režimu homosexuálních orgií, které mají i ledasco zakrýt. Usmál jsem se např. u druhé erotické scény, kdy jednomu z těch dvou zřejmě narostl falus mezi hrudní kostí a pupkem. Poselství snímku je zřejmé, ale já vnitřně moc s postoji Mishima nesouhlasím, ale nijak to neovlivnilo mé hodnocení. Je to jeden z malých střípků gay historie východní Asie, o který bychom neměli přijít.

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  • Movie: Beautiful Mystery
  • Country: Japan
  • Release Date: Apr 1, 1983
  • Duration: 60 min.
  • Content Rating: 18+ Restricted (violence & profanity)

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  • Score: 6.2 (scored by 23 users)
  • Ranked: #73714
  • Popularity: #99999
  • Watchers: 119

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