Of Love & Law (2017)
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
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Kazuyuki Minami as Self |
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Masafumi Yoshida as Self |
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Yae Minami as Self |
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Rokudenashiko as Self |
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Hiroko Tsujitani as Self |
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Kazuma as Self |
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Masae Ido as Self |
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Natsuo Yamamoto as Self |
| Editing | Takeshi Hata | Editor |
| Directing | Hikaru Toda | Director |
| Crew | Jason Brooks | Cinematography |
| Production | Elhum Shakerifar | Producer |
