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Of Love & Law

Two gay lawyers living in Osaka pioneer the first LGBTQ+ law firm in Japan.

Documentary 2019 94 mins

Director: Hikaru Toda

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Overview

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.

Director

Hikaru Toda

Genres

Documentary

Certificate

strong sex references

Country

United Kingdom

Language

Japanese with English subtitles

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