A foreign director who has lived in Japan for 17 years has documented the same-sex service bar in Kabukicho with the camera. Here, after the guests enter, the boys will stand in a row for guests to "pick", and the selected people will accompany the guests to chat and drink. "I can get 500 yen in half an hour." Will take the boy away if the guests are satisfied... To this little room H. "Boys often don't know how to protect themselves" "That's why I made this film" "In Kabukicho you can often see boys and boys, girls and girls holding hands, but as soon as they leave the corner intersection, they automatically let go of their hands... Only in this neighborhood can they do it back to themselves."
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Itako, the first-time director to try out the cry, interviewed a group of cowboys (売り専) who were between the ages of 19 and 30 who specialized in serving gay men in Shinjuku 2-chome in Tokyo, and recorded their career ups and downs and heartache: From their first entry into the industry to the sale and purchase, "Boys For Sale" faithfully presented the faces of these sex workers to the public.
Tokyo's Shinjuku 2-chome is one of Japan's most famous gay entertainment districts, and when the night falls low, gay bars and cowboy shops lined the streets are lit up. The director said that he had originally followed a transgender woman to the "bar" of The Second Chondome, but found that there were more than a dozen "bartenders" in the store, and the "wine list" was full of photos, information and prices of the boys, and he immediately became interested in the topic, so he began to shoot "Boys For Sale".
Some of the cowherds interviewed decided to hide their identities, while others were generously public. A large number of cowherds say they are heterosexual and even have girlfriends. Asked by the director how to have sex with these men who are not attracted to them, a cowherd replied: "My spirit and flesh have been separated, and I will empty it in the moment." Another replied, "Cash makes me a big deal," but a straight-forward cowherd shared that the best experience he's ever had with oral sex comes from a 63-year-old man.
In the film, the cowherds also share how they started selling themselves, and some people said that they had no partners at the time and needed money, so they entered the industry. There are also many cowherds who have lost their homes and are lonely and lonely because of natural disasters, and can only survive on this. "Boys For Sale" tracks the ups and downs of these cowherds' lives, and also explores sensitive issues, such as the hypocrisy of Japanese society on sex and the Japanese government's disregard for HIV issues, hoping to attract public discussion and attention.
Source: Tong Ai Sky (gaywb.com)