A Touch of Fever (1993)

BL about hard life of male prostitution. One guy is in love with his roommate, but the roommate remains pretty aloof.

-Hustlers
-Unrequited Love
-Dangerous workplace
-Sexual Content
-LGBTQ+

-Hustlers
-Secret Love
-Dangerous workplace
-Sexual Content
-LGBTQ+

-Hustlers
-Dangerous workplace
-Sexual Content
-LGBTQ+

The story of two young hustlers, Tatsuro and Shin, and her two female friends. Everything seems to work, until the day Shin declares he's in love with Tatsuro

Both stories see adolescents navigating love, friendship and relationships. Dealing with (secret) crushes, being lead on and leading on. One of the main protagonists is a hopelessly in love high school student, whos interested in someone that (supposedly) loves someone else but engages in intimacy with the boy.
Unexpressed feelings, unrequited love, authentic awkwardness, youth

-Japanese Bl's
-Male hustler
-Similar atmospheres

Both are Japanese language BL films about male sex workers.