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Shinjuku Boys

A film about love and gender.

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Duration53 min.
LanguageJapanese
StatusReleased
Release DateJul 1, 1995

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.

Genres

  • Documentary

Casts

Gaish

Self

Tatsu

Tatsu

Self

Kazuki

Self

Abe

Self

Kumi

Self