Shinjuku Boys

53min

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.

Production Companies

20th Century Vixen

Vixen Films

Cast

Gaish

Gaish

Self
Tatsu

Tatsu

Self
Kazuki

Kazuki

Self
Abe

Abe

Self
Kumi

Kumi

Self

Release date

1st Jul 1995

Status

Released

Spoken languages

日本語, English