Release Date

14 Nov, 2025

Runtime

01:46: (HH:MM)

Synopsis

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.

Original Title

ブルーボーイ事件

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Actors

Miyu Nakagawa

前原滉

中村中

Izumi Sexy

Reo Sanada

Hiroshi Mutsukawa

Taihei

渋川清彦

山中崇

Jumpei Yasui

錦戸亮

みやたに

Crew

飯塚花笑

吉田憲一

遠藤日登思

金山

新井真理子

押田興将

渡辺丈彦

小坂健太郎

田中亜由美

普嶋信一

池永正二

山下葉子

加藤結子

飯塚花笑