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Cast
Motomasa Ishii
as Motomasa
Kaoru Yamashina
as Man on train
Risaku Kiridōshi
as Crossdresser / Final guy on train
Ryuji Yamamoto
as Masked man
Hiroaki Sawazaki
as Cast
Masaaki Hagimoto
as Cast
Junk Saito
as Man in restroom
Kinichi Kusumi
as Cast
Yutaka Akiyama
as Man throwing confetti
Akira Shibahara
as Akira, a novelist
Movie Info & Details
Release Year1993
Runtime1h 00m
LanguageJapanese
CertificationNR
GenresDrama, Comedy
Votes3
DirectorAkira Shibahara, Yutaka Ikejima, Ryuji Yamamoto
WritersKyoko Godai, Risaku Kiridōshi, Akira Shibahara
TypeFeature Film
Rating4.3 out of 10
Cast10 credited
Also Known AsGay Toybox
About Gay Toybox
A beautiful young man is riding a train when a suspicious man comes and snuggles up to him. A man who snuggles up to you even if you run away. Eventually, when he arrives at the station, the man gets off, but leaves a book. Thinking that the man might have forgotten it, he picks up the book. The book is "Gay Toybox". When he finally opens the book, the movie begins with an epilogue. The movie is an omnibus of three features. In other words, each book is an elaborate composition of one story of the gay world that is developed in that book.
Directed by Akira Shibahara, Yutaka Ikejima, Ryuji Yamamoto, Gay Toybox leans on a strong ensemble — Motomasa Ishii, Kaoru Yamashina, Risaku Kiridōshi — to carry a story that balances spectacle with character.
The film landed with audiences for its craft and performances, and remains one of the most talked-about drama titles of 1993.
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