Blue Boy Trial
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
Miyu Nakagawa
as Sachi
Kou Maehara
as Atsuhiko
Ataru Nakamura
as Mei
Izumi Sexy
as Āchi
Reo Sanada
as Betty
Hirofumi Mutsukawa
as Yuki
Taihei
as Tsukasa
Kiyohiko Shibukawa
as Takayuki Okabe
Takashi Yamanaka
as Dr. Akagi
Jumpei Yasui
as Tokita
