Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
Miyu Nakagawa
Sachi
Lead
Kou Maehara
Atsuhiko
Ataru Nakamura
Mei
Izumi Sexy
Āchi
Reo Sanada
Betty
Hirofumi Mutsukawa
Yuki
Taihei
Tsukasa
Kiyohiko Shibukawa
Takayuki Okabe
What People Are Saying
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Kashou Iizuka's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
“Every frame feels alive. Blue Boy Trial is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
