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Of Love & Law

Oct 28, 2017 · 1h 35m
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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.

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CAST

Kazuyuki Minami
Self
Masafumi Yoshida
Self
Yae Minami
Self
Rokudenashiko
Self
Hiroko Tsujitani
Self
Kazuma
Self
Masae Ido
Self
Natsuo Yamamoto
Self
Directed by Hikaru Toda

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Status
Released
Original language
JA
Budget
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Country
JP, GB

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