Shinjuku Boys (1995)

  • NR
  • 07/01/1995 (GB)
  • Documentary
  • 53m

A film about love and gender.

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.

Kim Longinotto

Director

Jano Williams

Director

Cast

Gaish's headshot

Gaish

Self
Tatsu's headshot

Tatsu

Self
Kazuki's headshot

Kazuki

Self
Abe's headshot

Abe

Self
Kumi's headshot

Kumi

Self

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