yutaka kubo
yutakakubo.bsky.social
yutaka kubo
@yutakakubo.bsky.social
Researcher in Japanese cinema and queer cinema. Associate professor of film studies at Kanazawa University. Currently working on projects on food, loss and grief, aging, affect, gay porn, and queer archives.

Works: https://researchmap.jp/y_kubo315
I miss Kyoto already.
July 28, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Now flying out from Komatsu to Haneda and then to Chicago!
April 2, 2025 at 11:17 PM
月曜日に発売です。僕は『ペイン・アンド・グローリー』について書いています。
January 25, 2025 at 1:21 PM
More books and articles to read as I prepare for a piece on Almodovar films.
December 28, 2024 at 4:47 PM
New books!
December 18, 2024 at 11:18 PM
Today I’m giving a talk on film stars of postwar Japanese cinema at Tonami City Library.
December 7, 2024 at 6:35 PM
I can’t wait to see Paul Mescal’s performance in Gladiator II! I have the entire theater for myself since nobody else is here.
November 25, 2024 at 11:38 AM
I should be ready to watch three movies in a row after 10 hours of sleep.
November 24, 2024 at 7:21 AM
I thought I was going for grocery shopping…
November 21, 2024 at 2:00 PM
One of my favorite actors Shohei Hino passed away. I’ve always loved the way he made others smile with his comedic charm in films and TV dramas. Rest in peace. I’m going to watch his perfect role in Imo tako nankin tonight.
November 20, 2024 at 4:28 AM
今日はお出かけついでに加賀片山津温泉総湯へ行ってきました。肩までお湯に浸かると、窓の外に広がる湖で泳いでいるような感覚になれる面白いお湯でした。

I went to Kaga Katatsuyama City Spa after meeting up with a friend in Komatsu. Just 490 yen.
November 16, 2024 at 1:01 PM
Isn’t this exciting that I got the first two volumes of レズビアン雑誌資料集成 [lesbian magazines collection]?
November 9, 2024 at 12:27 PM
Just received a new book 『彼女たちのまなざし 日本映画の女性作家』 from my friends, Kitamura Kyohei and Kodama Mizuki, exploring the body of works by various generations of Japanese women film directors. I’m looking forward to reading it over New Year’s holidays along with a few undergraduate theses.
December 29, 2023 at 4:26 AM
Enjoyed the chance to visit Kinokoya, the cafe the protagonist Sachi works in Haruhara-san’s Recorder by Kyoshi Sugita.
December 16, 2023 at 6:30 AM
I’m giving an online talk at 25 ANNI SENZA GIOIA NÉ LACRIME:RITORNO AL CINEMA DI KINOSHITA KEISUKE. My presentation title is: “The Celebration of Being Useless through Food: Portrayals of Older Women in Danger Stalks Near and The Ballad of Narayama.”
December 4, 2023 at 12:46 PM
Lucky to finally find scripts of two early Barazoku films (Japanese soft core gay porn)!!
November 23, 2023 at 5:45 AM
Went to a little-known hot spring in Toyama yesterday with my colleague. It was amazing.
November 9, 2023 at 5:29 AM
Mochi with kinako: one of the best late night snacks ever. Don’t think about the calories.
October 28, 2023 at 12:52 PM
I walked from the university area to Kanazawa Station last night. I was surprised it took me only 40 minutes. This is a night view of the bridge to Higashichaya-gai.
October 28, 2023 at 12:31 PM
I just received a copy of Queer Killers: Film, Philosophy and The Queer Art of Murder by Andres Correa U.. Let’s see how it goes!
October 23, 2023 at 1:03 PM