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Body Trouble(2014)
Status: Released
Date: 2014-12-20
60%
1 Votes
Time: 1h 32m
Overview:
Hiromi, a reclusive young man, wakes up one morning to discover that his body has mysteriously transformed into that of an attractive woman. Struggling to understand his new identity, he navigates daily life while confronting harassment, attention, and social expectations that come with being a woman in contemporary Japan. Guided by a parapsychologist who claims his condition is an ancient “feminization disease” and warned by a gender scholar about societal risks, Hiromi—now Yūmi—experiences the world from a completely new perspective. As he explores work, relationships, and online interactions, Yūmi must reconcile the pleasures and dangers of living as a woman, discovering how deeply gender shapes personal freedom, desire, and vulnerability in a society that treats men and women very differently.
Languages: Japanese.
Countries:
Japan
ProductionCompanies:
Tantan-Sha Company
Movie: Body Trouble
Top 8 Billed Cast
愛田奈々
荒木太郎
石川ゆうや
加藤ツバキ
なかみつせいじ
里見瑤子
竹本泰志
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Overview
Hiromi, a reclusive young man, wakes up one morning to discover that his body has mysteriously transformed into that of an attractive woman. Struggling to understand his new identity, he navigates daily life while confronting harassment, attention, and social expectations that come with being a woman in contemporary Japan. Guided by a parapsychologist who claims his condition is an ancient “feminization disease” and warned by a gender scholar about societal risks, Hiromi—now Yūmi—experiences the world from a completely new perspective. As he explores work, relationships, and online interactions, Yūmi must reconcile the pleasures and dangers of living as a woman, discovering how deeply gender shapes personal freedom, desire, and vulnerability in a society that treats men and women very differently.
Release Date
2014-12-20
Average
6
Rating:
3.0 startsTagline
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Languages:
日本語
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