Blue Boy Trial
November 14, 20251h 46m★ 0.0Released
Overview
1960s Japan—economic boom, Olympic pride, and a crackdown on “public morals.” An anti-prostitution law targets women but spares male sex workers, the so-called “blue boys.” When police arrest the doctor performing their sex reassignment surgeries, the sensational “Blue Boy Trial” begins. Three transgender women take the stand, igniting a national debate on identity, medicine, and happiness—long before the language of LGBT existed. Though the court ruled surgery legal, the verdict cast a shadow: no such operations would occur in Japan for 29 years. Half a century later, this buried history still reverberates in the lives of sexual minorities.
Starring
Miyu Nakagawa, Ryo Nishikido, Kou Maehara
Directed by
Kashou Iizuka
Produced by
Kenichi Yoshida, Hitoshi Endo, San KIM
Language
JA
Country
Japan