"A film about love and gender."07 December 1995Factual53 mins
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.
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Shinjuku Boys is a 1995 film by Kim Longinotto and Jano Williams. It explores the lives of three transgender men who work at the New Marilyn Club in Tokyo ...
"Shinjuku Boys": A Study of Gender in Japan | Cinema Nippon
On today's episode of Cinema Nippon we're taking a look at Kim Longinotto's documentary about transgender employees at a Tokyo host club Shinjuku Boys.
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Shinjuku Boys A film by Kim Longinotto and Jano Williams England 1995 53 minutes Color 16mm/DVD Subtitled From the makers of DREAM GIRLS ...
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