Recent Documentary Viewing, Part 2
Kim Longinotto and Marc Isaacs are two English documentarians whose subjects differ widely, but who share a fascination for the small details of people’s […]
Review: Shinjuku Boys (1995)
Director: Kim Longinotto
Cast: Gaish, Tatsu, Kazuki, Abe, Kumi,
Gaish
Tatsu
Kazuki
Abe
Kumi
Plot: 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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