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Shinjuku Boys (1995)

Shinjuku Boys (1995)

Documentary

A film about love and gender.

Release Date: 1995, December 7
Directors: Kim Longinotto, Jano Williams
Countries: United Kingdom
Production: Vixen Films
Cast: kazuki, Kumi, Gaish, Tatsu

Overview:

This documentary is set in the New Marilyn night club in Tokyo, Japan - where the hosts are transgender men. They can only make their living as hosts in a nightclub with other wannabes like them. The young women who come there often have relationships with them but the underlying fear is whether such a relationship can withstand the pressures on a girl to get married and have children. All three boys deal with this in different ways. These three hosts, the Shinjuku Boys, take us into their lives.

Keywords:

woman director lgbt japan trans man onnabe