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Films
found one film
Country
“Japan”
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Keywords
“Love”
and
“Sex Sexuality”
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Directors
“Longinotto, Kim”
x
Series
“0”
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Country of production
“United Kingdom”
x
Year of production
“1997”
x
Colour / Black and white
“Colour”
x
Region
Central Asia and Far East
1
Country
Japan
1
x
Keywords
Gender Role and Identity
1
Love
1
x
Sex / Sexuality
1
x
Directors
Longinotto, Kim
1
x
Williams, Jano
1
Series
not set
1
x
Country of production
United Kingdom
1
x
Year of production
1997
1
x
Colour / Black and white
Film
Shinjuku Boys
1997
54
‘
Directed by
Kim Longinotto
Jano Williams
.
A film about love and gender. This film is set in the New Marilyn night club in Tokyo where all the hosts are women who have decided to live as men. They make their living by working in a club with other ‘onnabe’ 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.
Central Asia and Far East
Gender Role and Identity
Sex / Sexuality
Love