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.

• Parental Guidance: PG-13
• Release Date: 2025-11-14
• Runtime: 1h 46min
• Production Company: KDDI
• Production Country: Japan
• Director: Kashou Iizuka
• Writers: Yuiko Kato, Kashou Iizuka.