Shinjuku Boys
A film about love and gender. This documentary is set in the New Marilyn night club in Tokyo, Japan - where the hosts are women who have chosen to live as 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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HD
Documentary
1995
53 min
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Movie Info:
- Full Name : Shinjuku Boys
- Duration : 53 min
- Languages : English
- Directors : Kim Longinotto, Jano Williams min
- Imdb : 7 (91 votes)
- Tomatoes : 3.5 (12 votes)
- Actors : Gaish, Tatsu, Kazuki, Abe
Movie Storyline
A film about love and gender. This documentary is set in the New Marilyn night club in Tokyo, Japan - where the hosts are women who have chosen to live as 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.