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Bye Bye Love, 50th anniversary: this gender-fluid couple-on-the-run movie had no precedent in Japanese cinema
It has taken 50 years for pioneering Japanese indie feature Bye Bye Love to be ‘discovered’ and screened, happily while its writer-director Fujisawa Isao (now 82) remains active. Its first-ever screening in London closes this year’s Queer East Festival.
By Tony Rayns
Bye Bye Love, 50th anniversary: this gender-fluid couple-on-the-run movie had no precedent in Japanese cinema