Puppets Under Starry Skies (1978)

Plot

A young Japanese man navigates a turbulent friendship with an eccentric, flamboyant gay man and a troubled girl, pregnant and burdened by her past. United by their affinity for drugs, they find solace in an abandoned house. When he rejects the gay man's affections, tragedy strikes as the man takes his own life. Following a violent encounter with a gang, the protagonist's father intervenes, bringing him and the girl back home. Ultimately, she chooses to embrace motherhood and departs to reunite with the child's father, leaving the young man to confront his own feelings of loss and uncertainty.