Of Love & Law (2018)

  • NR
  • 03/30/2018 (HK)
  • Documentary
  • 1h 35m

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.

Hikaru Toda

Director

Cast

Kazuyuki Minami's headshot

Kazuyuki Minami

Self
Masafumi Yoshida's headshot

Masafumi Yoshida

Self
Yae Minami's headshot

Yae Minami

Self
Rokudenashiko's headshot

Rokudenashiko

Self
Hiroko Tsujitani's headshot

Hiroko Tsujitani

Self
Kazuma's headshot

Kazuma

Self
Masae Ido's headshot

Masae Ido

Self
Natsuo Yamamoto's headshot

Natsuo Yamamoto

Self

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