Basic Info
Release: November 14, 2025
Runtime: 106 min
Status: Released
Blue Boy Trial
2025
106 min
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.
Production Countries
- Japan
Spoken Languages
- Japanese ja
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Cast
Miyu Nakagawa
Ryo Nishikido
Kou Maehara
Crew
Kashou Iizuka
Director
Kenichi Yoshida
Producer
Hitoshi Endo
Producer
San KIM
Producer
Arai Mariko
Producer
KĂ´suke Oshida
Producer
Yuiko Kato
Screenplay
Kashou Iizuka
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