Blue Boy Trial

Story

Synopsis

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.

Director

Kashou Iizuka

Writers

Yuiko Kato, 三浦毎生, Kashou Iizuka

Language

Japanese

Country

Japan

Release date

14 November 2025

Ensemble

Cast

• Miyu Nakagawa

  Sachi

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  Kou Maehara

  Atsuhiko

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  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

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  Ryo Nishikido

  Kano

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  Miyatani