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 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.

Cast

Gaish

Self

Tatsu

Self

Kazuki

Self

Abe

Self

Kumi

Self

Crew

Kim Longinotto

Director

Kim Longinotto

Producer

Kim Longinotto

Director of Photography

Nigel Hawks

Music

Alan Bookbinder

Executive Producer

John Mister

Editor

Jano Williams

Director

Clips & Videos

Shinjuku Boys - Trailer / Astra Film Festival 2006 / Portrait Kim Longinotto