Ken Togoh

Ken Togoh

1932-06-10
79 (2012-04-01)
Kakogawa, Hyogo, Japan

Political activist and transvestite. He was gay bar owner, founder of gay magazines ("The Gay" and "The Ken"), and producer of early gay pink film.

Kakogawa, Hyogo, Japan

Political activist and transvestite. He was gay bar owner, founder of gay magazines ("The Gay" and "The Ken"), and producer of early gay pink film.

Most Known for...

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More and More Love 1984 (2)

The story of a popular singer who finds love, the journalist who exposes him, the hysterical reactions of his Christian parents, his fear that he has caught AIDS and his supportive gay friends. The film is a strong indictment of the negative effect Christianity has had on Japanese society.
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Sea of Vanity 1984 (2)

A film adaptation (funded by Ken Togo) based on an expose book by a person involved in the Japanese entertainment industry of the time. The book describes among other things the drug-fueled parties, orgies of the entertainment business and what some celebrities like Johnny Kitagawa among others were allegedly up to in their free time. Basically giving an open-book about the secrets of the entertainment-world. The film adapts and portrays some of the shocking scenes of this book, focussing more on the gay-aspect of the expose.