August Without Him (1994)

August Without Him 1994 / 彼のいない八月が 1994 / Kare no inai hachigatsu ga

The film follows Hirata Yutaka, the first openly gay AIDS sufferer in Japan. Filmed over a series of months, it contrasts his public life as an outspoken figure on the lecture circuit with his personal descent into illness and death. (Source: IMDb)