Shinjuku Boys
“A film about love and gender.”
1995•53m•6.9•Released
Documentary
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.
Director
Kim Longinotto
Languages
English, Japanese
Studio
Vixen Films
Cast
Gaish
Self
Tatsu
Self
Kazuki
Self
Abe
Self
Kumi
Self
Production
Company
Vixen Films
Producer
Kim Longinotto
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