Rysuke Hashiguchi is a Japanese film director known for movies on LGBT community issues and he has made ten films from 1981 to 2015 with his movie entitled A Secret Evening winning in the 1994 Tokyo International Lesbian & Gay Film Festival.
The Rainbow Reel Competition () began in 1995 as an annual screening of Japanese short films to encourage production of LGBT-themed films. The audience selects a favorite film and the director is awarded the Grand Prix Rainbow Reel Award (()), currently a 100,000 prize ($1000 US). 
