Shinjuku boys / Women Make Movies ; Twentieth Century Vixen for the BBC ; a film by Kim Longinotto and Jano Williams ; executive producer, Alan Bookbinder ; editing, John Mister.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Longinotto, Kim, film rpoducer.

Williams, Jano, film rpoducer.

Mister, John, producer.

Noguchi, Shuko, commentator.

Twentieth Century Vixen (Firm), production company.

British Broadcasting Corporation, production company.

Women Make Movies (Firm), distribution company.

Language:

English

Japanese

Subjects (All):

Cross-dressers--Japan--Tokyo.

Lesbians--Japan--Identity.

Lesbians--Sexual behavior--Japan.

Male impersonators--Japan--Tokyo.

Nightclubs--Japan--Tokyo.

Shinjuku-ku (Tokyo, Japan).

Lesbians--Identity.

Lesbians--Sexual behavior.

Male impersonators.

Nightclubs.

Cross-dressers.

Japan.

Japan--Tokyo.

Japan--Tokyo--Shinjuku-ku.

Genre:

Documentary television programs.

Documentary films.

Feature films.

Nonfiction films.

Physical Description:

1 videodisc (53 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

4 3/4 in.

Distribution:

New York, N.Y. : Distributed by Women Make Movies, [1996?]

Place of Publication:

[London?] : Twentieth Century Vixen, 1995.

Language Note:

In Japanese with English subtitles.

System Details:

DVD ; Region 1.

video file DVD video Region 1

Summary:

The film introduces three women who work as "hosts" at the New Marilyn Club in Tokyo. Onabes (meaning cooking pots in Japanese) are women who live as men and have girlfriends, although they don't usually identify as lesbians.

Participant:

Commentary, Shuko Noguchi.

Credits:

Camera, Kim Longinotto ; sound, Rosie Straker, Simmy Claire

Notes:

Originally released as a motion picture in 1995.

OCLC:

62094354