Blue Boy Trial

Story Line

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.

Top Cast

Miyu Nakagawa

Sachi

Kou Maehara

Atsuhiko

Ataru Nakamura

Mei

Izumi Sexy

Āchi

Reo Sanada

Betty

Hirofumi Mutsukawa

Yuki