Miike's First Gay Movie

Fans of contemporary Japanese cinema know prolific filmmaker Takashi Miike principally as the director of terrifying horror flicks and hard-bitten gangster epics.

But he enjoys defying his fans' expectations - for example, when he decided to make the bizarre musical The Happiness of the Katakuris.

Now he's going even further afield with his first gay movie, Big Bang Love, Juvenile A.

Based on a popular graphic novel, the film centers around two beautiful young men who meet in jail while serving time for unrelated murders.

In telling their love story, Miike takes a decidedly nonlinear approach that involves everything from dance to anime.

No word yet on a U.S. theatrical release for Big Bang Love, but it's going to be screening at gay and lesbian film festivals nationwide throughout the rest of the year.