CinemaOSMovie · 2017 · 1h 35m

Of Love & Law

35%(4)IMDbDocumentary

Fumi and Kazu have a lot to teach us about love. When they decide to stick their necks out and create the first LGBTQ+ law firm in Japan, they are drawn into the lives of people searching for protection and support. Despite their own relationship having no legal status, they work pro-bono for long hours, all the while foster-parenting a teenager. We meet with a colourful cast of misfits, dissidents and artists – from a delightful eccentric being prosecuted for her kitschy vagina sculptures, to a troubled outsider who, as the child of an ‘immoral woman’, has no legal identity. A saying is repeated throughout the film, that one must ‘read the air’ – conform to the tacit conservatism that forbids sexual diversity. With love, humour and serious legal chops, Fumi and Kazu do exactly the opposite.

Directed byHikaru Toda

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Status
Released
Runtime
1h 35m
Language
JA
Released
October 28, 2017

Featuring

Cast & crew

8 credited
Starring

Kazuyuki Minami

Self

Masafumi Yoshida

Self

Yae Minami

Self

Rokudenashiko

Rokudenashiko

Self

Hiroko Tsujitani

Self

Kazuma

Self

Masae Ido

Self

Natsuo Yamamoto

Self

Creative team
Directed by
Hikaru Toda
Hikaru Toda
Produced by
Elhum Shakerifar

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