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Cast

Nick Deocampo

Nick Deocampo

Self

Jomarie Alaes

Jomarie Alaes

Self

Anton Juan Jr.

Anton Juan Jr.

Butoh Performer

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Noe Tio

Noe Tio

Music

Popong Landero

Popong Landero

Music

Yam Laranas

Yam Laranas

Director of Photography

Larry Manda

Larry Manda

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Nick Deocampo

Nick Deocampo

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Hiroko Nagai

Hiroko Nagai

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Emmanuel Clemente

Emmanuel Clemente

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Nick Deocampo

Nick Deocampo

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The Sex Warriors and the Samurai

19854.3 / 1026 min
Documentary

Overview

A candid story about a Filipino transvestite who works in Japan’s entertainment center in order to support his family. In the daytime, Joan attends to his daily training to prepare him for work as entertainer in Japan. At night, he works as one of the female impersonators in Manila’s gay bars. All these to feed a family of eighteen. Although it will be Joan’s fourth trip to Japan, he still finds it hard to make as much money to make their lives better. Meeting other gay entertainers in the bar where he works, they talk about the difficulties Filipino entertainers experience while working in Japan. The situation is no different though from the life lived by someone like Joan in the Philippines who was once caught in a drug bust operation and sent to jail. Threats and difficulties seem to hound these sex warriors wherever they go.