CinemaOSMovie · 2017 · 1h 16m

Boys for Sale

Boys are selling sex in Japan. Who is buying?

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Through animation and a series of interviews with nine young men in Tokyo's gay district, this documentary exposes and humanizes the rarely seen world of gay sex work in Japan.

Directed byItako

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Status
Released
Runtime
1h 16m
Language
JA
Released
May 24, 2017

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BoysFor Sale - TRAILER

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Itako
Produced by
Ian Thomas Ash
Adrian Storey

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