Kei UMEZAWA

Coming Out Story

Nippon Visions   ½ 

Itsuki, a transsexual math teacher at a public high school in Kyoto, takes a bold decision to undergo a sex-change operation. For a long time she had the wish to have a female body and has been following this desire more and more openly. This confronts her with the harsh reality of the transgendered. The documentary shows how Itsuki tries to investigate the roots of her identity through the relationships with her students and friends.

Related Events:
Coming Out Story (NC 2012)

Japan 2011

60 minutes

Director
Kei UMEZAWA

Cinematography
Takuma INOMOTO, Kei UMEZAWA

Music
KIKORI

About Kei UMEZAWA

Kei UMEZAWA (born 1979) studied film under Takaharu YASUOKA at the Japan Academy of Moving Images. His final project COMING OUT STORY was awarded the Shohei IMAMURA Prize there.