Queer Japan

Queer Japan (2020)

Trailblazing artists, activists, and everyday people from across the spectrum of gender and sexuality defy social norms and dare to live unconventional lives in this kaleidoscopic view of LGBTQ+ culture in contemporary Japan.

Date of release
2020-12-11
TMDB
5.3 / 10 (6)
Runtime
1h 39m
Genres
Documentary
Director
Graham Kolbeins

Casting

Interesting facts

Queer Japan is a 2019 documentary film directed, edited, and co-written by Graham Kolbeins. The documentary profiles a range of individuals in Japan who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ). Queer Japan is produced by Hiromi Iida with Anne Ishii, written by Ishii and Kolbeins, and features an original score composed by Geotic.

Production

Kolbeins conceived of Queer Japan in 2011 while traveling to Japan to research two books he co-edited with Anne Ishii and Chip Kidd: The Passion of Gengoroh Tagame, the first English-language publication of works by Gengoroh Tagame, and Massive: Gay Erotic Manga and the Men Who Make It, the first English-language anthology of gay manga.

In 2015, Kolbeins traveled to Japan to shoot a pre-production trailer for the film. Production of Queer Japan was crowdfunded through a Kickstarter campaign launched by Kolbeins on February 11, 2016; the campaign would go on to raise $47,193. The film's production and post-production would ultimately be funded through a combination of Kickstarter pledges, a GoFundMe, and a fellowship from the Japan-US Friendship Fund.

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