Three Hearts

Ryosuke Hashiguchi's Hush! quietly made its way to Cannes last year, but it may yet do brisk box office around Asia. Think of it as a reworking of Madonna's The Next Best Thing , only better: this version swaps tack for tact. Hashiguchi, the Japanese director of many gay-themed films, doesn't play the camp for lame laughs but to showcase family values.

Katshuhiro (Tanabe Seiichi) is a brooding engineer who's gay, gets hit on by women, but tries to keep his secret hidden. That is until he meets Naoya (Takahashi Kazuya), a self-centered gay man, and the two...

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