Shinjuku Boys Poster

Shinjuku Boys

A film about love and gender.

Not Rated Documentary

Starring: Gaish, Tatsu, Kazuki, Abe, Kumi

Writer: N/A

Release Date:
December 7, 1995
Ratings:
6.7 / 10
Director:
Kim Longinotto & Jano Williams
Companies:
Vixen Films

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.