This remarkable documentary offers rich insight into gender and sexuality in Japan via a candid portrait of Kazuki, Tatsu, and Gaish, three trans masc hosts working at the New Marilyn Club in Tokyo’s bustling Shinjuku district. As the film follows them at home and on the job, all three talk frankly about their lives, revealing their views on love, sex, and identity. Alternating with these illuminating interviews are fabulous sequences shot inside the club, a place patronized largely by heterosexual women.

Thursday, May 14
Doors 8:45 pm | Movie 9:15 pm *Start time subject to change. Please arrive on time.
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SHINJUKU BOYS (Kim Longinotto and Jano Williams, 1995 / 53 mins / NR)

*Must be 18+ for entry. Must be 19+ w/ID for bar service.
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