
Gaea Girls / Shinjuku Boys DVD
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Author: Chigusa Nagayo(Actor), Meiko Satomura (Actor), Jano Williams (Director), Kim Longinotto (Director) Format: DVD
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United Kingdom released, PAL/Region 2 DVD: LANGUAGES: Japanese ( Dolby Digital Stereo ), English ( Subtitles ), WIDESCREEN (1.78:1), SPECIAL FEATURES: Booklet, Interactive Menu, Remastered, Scene Access, SYNOPSIS: Gaea Girls (2000) A documentary look at women's wrestling in Japan, Gaea Girls is largely set in the training camp of the eponymous Gaea club, where aspiring wrestlers are supervised by the coolly sophisticated club president Yuka Sugiyama and whipped into shape by the pro wrestler Chigusa Nagayo. The film focuses much of its attention on Saika Takeuchi, a whiny trainee who struggles to pass her final tests. Directed by renowned documentarians Kim Longinotto and Jano Williams, Gaea Girls was screened at the 2000 Edinburgh Film Festival. Shinjuku Boys (1995) A film about love and gender. This documentary is set in the New Marilyn night club in Tokyo, Japan - where the hosts are women who have chosen to live as men. They can only make their living as hosts in a nightclub with other 'wannabes' like them. The young women who come there often have relationships with them but the underlying fear is whether such a relationship can withstand the pressures on a girl to get married and have children. All three boys deal with this in different ways. These three hosts, the Shinjuku Boys, take us into their lives. ...Gaea Girls / Shinjuku Boys