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Rose Youth (1992) | Slate

Rose Youth

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Rated 2.0 on TMDB

Rose Youth

薔薇の青春

We are gay!! We have no money, no home, no status or fame, but... we have big love and swirling youth...!!

Takeo is a university student struggling to pay off his loans and lives a tight life while working part-time as a male escort. For him, sex is just about money or pleasure. After picking up a female university student, Takeo catches a sexually transmitted disease and his debts and medical expenses pile up, putting him in a desperate situation. Then another man called Shinji comes up with a brilliant idea.

Released: 1992
Runtime: 1h 0m
Genres: Drama
Country: Japan
Language: Japanese

Direction and writing

Satoru KobayashiDirector, Screenplay

Yoko MorimatsuAssistant Director

Where to watch

Unavailable

Cast

Anzai ToruTakeo Okawa
Madoka SawaGay bar owner
Yūichi MinatoPresident

Shoichi ShiratoShinji

Hiroyuki OhiraGay bar employee

Katsuya NakiriGay bar employee

Reiko MatsuoakaWoman with gonorrhea

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