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Hon Kon daiyasokai: Tatchi & Magi (1997)
Shingo in a dress!
Japanese boy-band SMAP's Katori Shingo is lovably girly in this weird cultural mish-mash, which has Katori (Japanese) and Anita Yuen (Chinese) resorting to some very suspect English to communicate. While Katori still cheerfully cross-dresses quite regularly on Japanese television, witnessing him attempt to actually pass as a woman semi-seriously and for nearly an entire feature film is a different matter. Back then he was young and svelte enough to do so surprisingly well. Viewers hoping for an open-minded film, which would seem to be evident considering all the cross-dressing, may be disappointed. There's more than a touch of homophobia in here. The story makes little sense and the plot seems unbalanced, but Katori fans take note: he dances the lambada in lingerie. How could you go past that?