Shinjuku Boys (1995)

A film about love and gender.

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.

• Release Date: 1995-12-07
• Runtime: 0h 53min
• Production Company: Vixen Films
• Production Country: United Kingdom
• Directors: Kim Longinotto, Jano Williams.