Blue Boy Trial

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.

Details

Cast

Miyu Nakagawa

Sachi

Kou Maehara

Atsuhiko

Ataru Nakamura

Mei

Izumi Sexy

Āchi

Reo Sanada

Betty

Hirofumi Mutsukawa

Yuki

Taihei

Tsukasa

Kiyohiko Shibukawa

Takayuki Okabe

Takashi Yamanaka

Dr. Akagi

Jumpei Yasui

Tokita

Ryo Nishikido

Kano

Miyatani