Film
Shinjuku Boys (15)
Dir. Kim Longinoto, UK, 1995, 53 mins. In Japanese with English subtitles.
This documentary from Kim Longinoto and Jano Williams, offers rich insight into gender and sexuality in Japan via a candid portrait of Kazuki, Tatsu, and Gaish, three trans masculine hosts working at the New Marilyn Club in Tokyo’s bustling Shinjuku district. As the film follows them at home and on the job, all three (who self-describe themselves as onabe) talk frankly about their lives, revealing their views on love, sex, sexual orientation, traditional relationships, and identity. Alternating with these illuminating interviews are fabulous sequences shot inside the club, a place patronized largely by heterosexual, cisgender women.
Trans Day of Visibility Double Bill: In partnership with Trans Pride Plymouth, for International Trans Day of Visibility, we are delighted to be screening on Saturday 29th March Shinjuku Boys, a rarely seen classic documentary from acclaimed filmmaker Kim Longinotto (Shooting the Mafia), and a new cult-classic-in-the-making, The People’s Joker. Get a discount (each ticket for £6) when you book tickets for the 2 films at the same time.
This documentary from Kim Longinoto and Jano Williams, offers rich insight into gender and sexuality in Japan via a candid portrait of Kazuki, Tatsu, and Gaish, three trans masculine hosts working at the New Marilyn Club in Tokyo’s bustling Shinjuku district. As the film follows them at home and on the job, all three (who self-describe themselves as onabe) talk frankly about their lives, revealing their views on love, sex, sexual orientation, traditional relationships, and identity. Alternating with these illuminating interviews are fabulous sequences shot inside the club, a place patronized largely by heterosexual, cisgender women.
Trans Day of Visibility Double Bill: In partnership with Trans Pride Plymouth, for International Trans Day of Visibility, we are delighted to be screening on Saturday 29th March Shinjuku Boys, a rarely seen classic documentary from acclaimed filmmaker Kim Longinotto (Shooting the Mafia), and a new cult-classic-in-the-making, The People’s Joker. Get a discount (each ticket for £6) when you book tickets for the 2 films at the same time.
