Blue Boy Trial (2025)

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.

Released

2025-11-14

Genres

Drama

Runtime

106 min

Status

Released

Directed / written by

Kashou Iizuka, Yuiko Kato, Kashou Iizuka, Tsuneo Miura

TMDB rating

7.0/10 from 1 votes