Japanese BL Dramas & Films

Jan 7, 2017 05:32 am

Hi, here's the list of BL (Boys' Love) dramas and movies. Unfortunately, there are not many BL Japanese dramas out there, but feel free to mention any BL dramas or films you can think of so I can add them to the list!

*NOTE: all of these dramas' main plots revolve around BL unless stated otherwise!

DRAMAS

	2023

		Polyethylene Terephthalate
Watashi to Otto to Otto no Kareshi	Kashimashi Meshi	Nigakute Amai
Eien No Kinou: Complete Edition	Zenra Meshi	Shigatsu no Tokyo wa...
Minato Shouji Coin Laundry Season 2	Taikan Yoho	Kimi ni wa Todokanai.
Kimi to Nara Koi wo Shite Mite mo	Kinou Nani Tabeta? Season 2	One Room Angel
Kiss x Kiss x Kiss: Love ii Shower	Sahara Sensei to Toki-kun	BL Drama no Shuen ni Narimashita
Utsukushii Kare Season 2	Bokura no Micro na Shuumatsu	Jack o' Frost
8.2 Byo no Hosoku	Blue Sky Complex	Bokura no Shokutaku

	2022

Eien no Kinou	Kabe Sa Doujin Sakka no Neko Yashiki-kun wa Shouninyokkyuu wo Kojiraseteiru	Ameiro Paradox
Fudanshi Bartender no Tashinami	Old Fashion Cupcake	Takara-kun to Amagi-kun
Minato Shouji Coin Laundry	Kimi no Koto Dake Mite Itai	Senpai, Danjite Koidewa!
More than Words	Kamisama no Ekohiiki	Fukou-kun wa Kiss Suru Shikanai!

	2021
	Utsukushii Kare	Kieta Hatsukoi
Given	Zettai BL ni Naru Sekai	BokuKoi 2

	2020
Be Love	BokuKoi	Life Senjou No Bokura
	Cherry Magic!

	2019
His	Shujin-ko	Ossan's Love 2

Mood Indigo

What Did You Eat Yesterday?

Fujoshi, Ukkari Gei ni Kokuru

	2018
Pornographer	Ossans' Love	My Brother's Husband *side story
Tonari no Kazoku wa Aoku Mieru *side story

2016	2012	2010
Kasa wo Motanai Aritachi wa *side story	Aozora no Tamago *bromance	Tumbling *bromance
Ossan's Love	Fallen Angel *bromance

2008	2007	2001
RH Plus *only hinted at	Renai Shindan *side story (ep. 1-3)	Neverland ?
School can't teach! *side story	Hana Kimi *only hinted at	Kids *bromance
1994	1993
Ningen Shikkaku ?	Dousoukai *side story

FILMS

(only full-length, 40 min+)

2023	My Beautiful Man: Eternal	Utsukushii Kare: Special Edit Version	Himitsu no Nacchan
			Takumi-kun Series 6
2022	Zettai BL ni Naru Sekai VS Zettai BL ni Naritakunai Otoko 2	Sing in Love	Cherry Magic!
	Boku mo Aitsu mo Shinrodesu	Grand Guignol	Egoist
2021	Pornographer: Playback	The Night Beyond the Tricornered Window	What Did You Eat Yesterday?
2020	His	Sei no Gekiyaku	The Cornered Mouse Dreams of Cheese
	Love Stage!!	After the Restart	Saitankyori wa Mawari Kudokute
	Life: Love on the Line
2019	Ossan’s Love: LOVE or DEAD	Oishii Kazoku	Athlete
	Saitankyori wa Mawari Kudokute
2018	*Saimon & Tada Takashi*	*Does the Flower Bloom?*

2017

Hidamari ga Kikoeru

Double Mints

Close-Knit

2016

Anger *side story

Shinjuku Midnight Baby

2015	*Forever Summer*	*Edo of Candy*	*Candy and Kiss*
	*Wait for Me at Udagawachou*	*Jinroh Shokei Game* *only hinted at	*Killing Curriculum* *only hinted at
	*Seven Days: Friday - Sunday*	*Seven Days: Monday - Thursday*	April Fools *side story

2014	*Mayonaka kimi wa kiba o muku*	*No Touching At All*	*Same Difference*
	*Coming Out*

2013 - 2011	*Love Place: Shiawase no Katachi*	*Fujimi Orchestra*	*Takumi-kun 5*
	*Esola*	*Love Place: Hakanaki Kata Omoi - Gaiya no Koi*

2010

Ai no kotodama 2: Sekai no Hate Made

Takumi-kun Series 4: Pure

Takumi-kun Series 3: The Beauty of Detail

Junjou

Quite Ordinary

2009

Sori Nokoshita Natsu

Takumi-kun Series 2: Rainbow Colored Glass

2008	*Bokura No Ai No Kanade*	*ALLDAYS Nichome no Asahi*	*Forbidden Love*
	*1 Month Like Summer Vacation*	*Taiikukan Baby*	*Ai No Kotodama*
	*Asymmetry*

2007	*Sukitomo*	*First Love*	*Takumi-kun 1*
	*Itsuka no kimi e*	*Boys Love 2*

2006 - 2004

Boys Love

46 Billion Years of Love

Yaji and Kita: The Midnight Pilgrims

2002 - 2000

Hush!

Boy's Choir

1999

Taboo

Away with Words

1995 - 1989	*Like Grains of Sand*	*A Touch of Fever*	*The Madness Night*
1994	I Like You, I Like You Very Much
1969	Funeral Parade of Roses

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kittyflumpin

Jan 7, 2017 07:23 am

Huh, I honestly don't remember RH Plus actually going the BL route (hints of it, teasing at it, yes, but no delivery). Not sure about the manga though.

Anyway were you looking for dramas specifically based on BL manga? Or just anything with a male-male romance? And if you're counting RH Plus, what about other shows heavy on the subtext (but no explicit delivery)?

Ceki

Jan 7, 2017 07:39 am

Yeah, RH Plus is mostly teasing, but it is obvious that it's aimed at BL audience. I'll put a note.

Anything with a male-male romance :) It doesn't have to be explicit (even though some of these films are), but the romance between the males should be at least hinted at.

Neyjour VIP

Jan 7, 2017 07:47 am

Here's my list for Japan. Currently 66 titles, plus a few more that aren't listed at MDL. :)

Gay M/M Japan - (movies & dramas)

Ceki

Jan 7, 2017 08:10 am

@Neyjour thank you so much! :)

Neyjour VIP

Jan 7, 2017 08:24 am

Ceki - You're welcome! :)

kittyflumpin

Jan 7, 2017 05:31 pm

I would suggest Aozora no Tamago-- not explicitly BL but the subtext is pretty heavy (Tori & Sakaki are *very* devoted to one another, though if you want to see them as just very close friends you can). I think this would fit the "obvious that it's aimed at BL audience" criteria.

Also-- and this is kind of a minor spoiler for the first part of the show, but you're looking for this content so I'll say it anyway-- in the 2006 drama Dare Yori mo Mama wo Aisu, the oldest son Akira realizes he's gay and eventually starts a relationship with another man. It's not a perfect representation by any means; Pinko starts out as a gay stereotype, very flamboyant and rather pushy about his interest in Akira. But the show does develop him beyond this caricature and we get to see him as a more fully-rounded character. And his interaction with the rest of Akira's family is so good too (this is seriously one of my favorite family dramas, not just for the Akira/Pinko storyline either).