Blue Boy Trial (Blue Boy Jiken / Movie)

[Machine Translation] The DVD for The Blue Boy Incident," the latest film by director Kasumi Iizuka who has garnered significant attention both domestically and internationally for her original works that reflect her identity as a transgender man is now available!! In 1965, amid the Olympic boom in Tokyo, the police aiming to clean up" the city were cracking down harshly on sex workers on the streets. However, the police were troubled by the existence of individuals known as Blue Boys" people who had undergone gender confirmation surgery ( referred to at the time as sex-change surgery") to alter their physical characteristics to appear more feminine. Since their legal gender remained male, these women who engaged in prostitution as women could not be prosecuted under the existing Anti-Prostitution Law. Consequently, the police set their sights on gender confirmation surgery. Arguing that surgeries rendering individuals infertile violated the Eugenic Protection Act" (now amended to the Maternal Protection Act), the police arrested Dr. Akagi (Takashi Yamanaka), the physician who had performed the surgeries on the Blue Boys," and brought him to trial. Around the same time, Sachi (Miyu Nakagawa), who works at a coffee shop in Tokyo, was basking in happiness after receiving a marriage proposal from her boyfriend, Wakamura (Ko Maehara). One day, lawyer Kano (Ryo Nishikido) visits Sachi. In fact, Sachi is one of the patients who underwent gender confirmation surgery performed by Akagi. Kano, who has taken on Akagi s defense, asks Sachi to appear in court as a witness. Contents: Main Feature (approx. 106 minutes) + Trailer Collection

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トランスジェンダー男性であるというアイデンティティを反映した独創的な作品作りで国内外から大きな注目を集めた飯塚花笑監督の最新作『ブルーボーイ事件』のDVDがリリース!! ――1965年、オリンピック景気に沸く東京で、街の浄化を目指す警察は、街に立つセックスワーカーたちを厳しく取り締まっていた。ただし、ブルーボーイと呼ばれる性別適合手術 (※当時の呼称は性転換手術)を受け、身体の特徴を女性的に変えた者たちの存在が警察の頭を悩ませていた。戸籍は男性のまま、女性として売春をする彼女たちは、現行の売春防止法では摘発対象にはならない。そこで彼らが目をつけたのが性別適合手術だった。警察は、生殖を不能にする手術は「優生保護法」(※現在は母体保護法に改正)に違反するとして、ブルーボーイたちに手術を行っていた医師の赤城 (山中崇)を逮捕し、裁判にかける。同じ頃、東京の喫茶店で働くサチ (中川未悠)は、恋人の若村 (前原滉)からプロポーズを受け、幸せを噛み締めていた。そんなある日、弁護士の狩野 (錦戸亮)がサチのもとを訪れる。実はサチは、赤城のもとで性別適合手術を行った患者のひとり。赤城の弁護を引き受けた狩野は、証人としてサチに出廷してほしいと依頼する。収録内容 : 本編 (約106分)+予告編集