
Lan Yu(2001)
A love story between a country boy in Beijing to study and a wealthy businessman set against the backdrop of the 1989 Tiananmen Square incident.


Kijima and Kuzumi, showing the problems they face as they try to move forward in their lives, and how they drift apart while still yearning to be together. A story of love and life, and fantasies and failures of a novelist and his lover.

Terunosuke Takezai
Rio Kijima

Kenta Izuka
Haruhiko Kuzumi

Munehiro Yoshida
Shirou Kido

Goro Oishi
Gamoda Ikuo

Wakana Matsumoto
Haruko Akemi

So Okuno
Shizuo Akemi

Ryoko Kobayashi
Natsuki Kijima

Tomoya Maeno
Yoji Kijima
Pornographer: Playback is a drama, romance film released in 2021 exploring themes of writer, based on manga, gay theme, psychological, boys' love (bl), psychological romance. Directed by Koichiro Miki, it stars Terunosuke Takezai, Kenta Izuka, Munehiro Yoshida. Kijima and Kuzumi, showing the problems they face as they try to move forward in their lives, and how they drift apart while still yearning to be together. A story of love and life, and fantasies and failures of a novelist and his lover.
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