Asian lgbt themed movies

Two clowns living in Korea's Chosun Dynasty get arrested for staging a play that satirizes the king. They are dragged to the palace and threatened with execution but are given a chance to save their lives if they can make the king laugh.

Inseparable childhood friends Shou-heng and Cheng-shing have their world thrown into chaos when a new girl comes to town and falls for Shou-heng. Director Leste Chen's sensitive tale of friendship and yearning.

Sumin is an orphan trying to balance work in a factory with study at an art college and an evening job. One night, a rich young businessman makes an advance on him during one of his driving jobs.

A collection of unconventional love stories: incestuous siblings, a gay painter-model affair, a teacher-student romance, a paranoid lesbian couple, and a deadly love triangle leading to decapitation, inspired by real-life cases.

Four separate vignettes about lesbian relationships and dating, ending with a summation about relationships.

The bisexual owner of a record store and a new girl in town bond over Jack Kerouac. Meanwhile, a girl in her class falls in love with her.

A married teacher/closeted lesbian meets a young, free spirited singer who will allow her to rediscover herself.

An is-she-or-isn't-she gay comedy focused on a Taiwanese teen, the boy she might like, and the girl she may love.

At the house of a famous Chinese botanist teacher his daughter and a female intern fall in love with each other - a forbidden love that must be kept secret.

A gay teenager falls for an architect after moving to the city to find a summer job.

Sweet girl Pie's new college roommate Kim, a tomboy, leads them to question if their growing feelings are just friendship or something more.

Ichiko and Eri are two Japanese university students who are in a lesbian relationship. Ichiko comes out to her father who tells her he is also gay and her mother was a lesbian. Her best friend is gay too, though he has a female who is after him. Their liaison is very intense, but Eri suggests a temporary separation so she can concentrate on her law studies. The break from their affair is difficult for Ichiko to deal with. But Eri soon sorts out her priorities.

Jun, the ace in his swimming team, lost against his rival, Naoki, at the summer college tournament. But since then there is a special feeling between them..

Boys Love, the first film released in 2006, tells the story of Taishin Mamiya, a magazine editor who meets and interviews a young model, Noeru Kisaragi, and becomes attracted to him. Their love, however, is forbidden. The tagline of the movie is "All we did was love each other, but...our love is forbidden.

The story of two young hustlers, Tatsuro and Shin, and her two female friends. Everything seems to work, until the day Shin declares he's in love with Tatsuro.

When three rebellious students leave their hometown to pursue their lifelong dreams in the big city, their relationships start to face the pressures of real life as the 1980s Taiwanese socio-political reformation movement unfolds in the background.

Fast, frenetic, and furious, 15 is story of five Singaporian teenagers who, abandoned by system.

Jade visits Takeko's tattoo studio, captivated by the spider lily image. She asks for the same tattoo, challenging Takeko's monastic life and revealing memories that threaten their relationship.

Shin and Yu's relationship is tested after Yu admits to confessing his love to another man.

The new member of a samurai militia unit causes disruption as several of his colleagues fall in love with him, threatening to disturb the rigid code of their squad.

A visually stylish tale of two male prisoners bonded by emotion, love and murder.

The lives of two orphan boys begin to intertwine when the choir and the feelings they share bring them closer to one another.

After Noboru saves Hayase from drowning by giving him mouth-to-mouth, Hayase grows confused about his feelings. It doesn't help that around the same time he meets Noboru's twin brother Ryu who has a very different, outgoing personality.

Two soulmates find each other only to be torn apart by tragedy. However, not even death can keep them apart...but can destiny?