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Shinjuku Boys

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Women live as men and work in a night club.

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Dennis Harvey 48 Hills 01/22/2024
A defiant subculture... Go to Full Review
Andrew Matzner Transgender Tapestry 05/20/2020
Shinjuku Boys provides illuminating insights into the lives of its subjects. Go to Full Review
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02/27/2015 Very interesting documentary following "onnabe" (transgender boys) who work at a club in Shinjuku. It goes into their relationships outside work and the relationships with women who visit the club and pay to be with them. Though the dvd copy I have looks straight from video and extremely dated for the 90's, I still really enjoyed it. See more antti p 01/28/2014 The Shinjuku boys are 3 onnabe (women decided to live as men) hosts at a club in Shinjuku, whose customers are women who think of them as "ideal boyfriends". The documentary interviews the men about their job and daily life, taking a peek into the intimacy issues too. One of the best scenes is when one of them phones his mom after not talking with her in 5 years, telling her about his girlfriend, a MtF trans woman, and the mom asks "is she going to be like that forever". See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis Women live as men and work in a night club.
Director
Kim Longinotto, Jano Williams
Producer
Kim Longinotto
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
English
Runtime
53m