1865. An androgynous teen samurai joins a group of elite samurai most of whom are openly attracted to him. One of the head samurai wants to start the boy down the path of heterosexuality and assigns a man the task of taking the young fellow to a brothel, but the kid misunderstands and thinks the guy is hitting on him. Then the kid starts hitting on the man. That's just one plot point, not a synopsis.
There are a number of sword fights. The most violent gay movie I've seen unless you count Lawrence of Arabia or Ben Hur. There's a twist ending.
Available on the Criterion Channel.
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