A 1972 pink film where gender and desire swap seats at the bar — literally.
Kiyomi, a popular hostess at a bar in Shinjuku, has a traumatic childhood that makes her only sensitive to sexual intercourse with women. One day, the girl she loved as a junior hostess betrayed her and slept with her man. Uncomfortable with men, Kiyomi "swaps places" during sex with her new girlfriend, a trans woman Kaoru.
Direction
Ohara's neon-noir framing of Shinjuku's underbelly
Acting
Lamy Rose brings raw dignity to exploitative material
Director
Kōyū Ohara
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Pink films of this era often used queer and trans characters for titillation, but director Ohara was unusually sympathetic — he cast actual trans performer Lamy Rose when most productions used cis actors.
The 'body swap' during sex was reportedly improvised on set, making Kaoru's confused expression genuine — Rose didn't know Hara would physically climb over her mid-scene.
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