The read
Critics rate it 28 points higher than audiences do.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
Critics rate it 28 points higher than audiences do.
4 audience votes
Key crew
- Hikaru TodaDirector
Cast
- Kazuyuki MinamiSelf
- Masafumi YoshidaSelf
- Yae MinamiSelf
- RokudenashikoSelf
- Hiroko TsujitaniSelf
- KazumaSelf
- Masae IdoSelf
- Natsuo YamamotoSelf