Film

The King of Minami: Trans Woman Blues

1998 · 1h 21m

#25 in the King of Minami series. A trans dancer named Rio is in debt to Manda after trying to finance a trip to the US for gender reassignment surgery, still illegal in Japan. The owner of a prestigious nightclub recruits her, introduces her to a doctor in Osaka who performs the illicit surgery and even agrees to foot the bill. But when the club owner turns out to have ulterior motives, Rio turns to Manda for help.

Riki Takeuchi

Shinnosuke Furumoto

Midori Takei

Yoko Ishino

Mineko Nishikawa

Ai Haruna

Yoshiaki Umegaki

Makoto Kitano

Shinobu Kameyama

Yuma Kusakawa

• Sadaaki HaginiwaDirector
• Masaya IshikawaWriter
• Fumi KitazawaWriter

Release date

November 27, 1998

Status

Released

Original language

Japanese

Runtime

1h 21m