
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.
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.