''37 Seconds'' is a 2019 Japanese

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written and directed by Hikari. The film features actress Mei Kayama, who has

cerebral palsy Cerebral palsy (CP) is a group of movement disorders that appear in early childhood. Signs and symptoms vary among people and over time, but include poor coordination, spasticity, stiff muscles, Paresis, weak muscles, and tremors. There may b ...

, as 23-year-old Yuma Takada, a talented artist who wants to make her name in

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. A sympathetic magazine editor ( Yuka Itaya) tells Takada her art is technically proficient but betrays her lack of worldly experience. Criticizing her depictions of sex as unconvincing, the editor tells the young woman, who uses a wheelchair to get around, to lose her virginity and then return. This sparks a voyage of self-discovery as she rebels against her over-protective mother and seeks out new experiences, trying to assert her budding independence. The film was screened at the

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and won the Audience Award and the International Confederation of Art Cinemas’ Art Cinema Award in the festival's Panorama section.

Cast

* Mei Kayama as Yuma Takada * Misuzu Kanno as Kyoko Takada * Shunsuke Daitō as Toshiya *

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as Mai * Yoshiko Kumashino as Kumachino * Haruka Imou as Yuka * Toshinori Omi as Furuya * Minori Hagiwara as Sayaka * Yuka Itaya as Fujimoto * Kiyohiko Shibukawa as Pimp * Eita Okuno as Hide * Shôhei Uno as Iketani * Yuri Ono as Editor of Weekly Boom * Shizuka Ishibashi as Physical Therapist * Kotaro Torii as Cool Guy * Daichi Kodaira as Neet * Moctar D as Cosplayer * Seiko Ozone as Sayaka's Mother * Nobu Morimoto as Police Officer * Nanami Kawakami as Porn Star * Yoshihisa Gai, Yoshiteru Kawata and Yuya Nagamichi as Gay Bar Staffs * Ciccone, Sugar Lu and Bouillabaisse as Drag Queens

Release

The film had its world premiere at the

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, and also played at the 2019

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and was also screened at the

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in the Contemporary World Cinema section. The international sales company Films Boutique holds the rights, while

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holds distribution rights for the United States and Canada. The film was released by Netflix in Japan on 7 February 2020.

References

External links

Official website
* * {{DEFAULTSORT:37 Seconds 2019 films 2019 drama films 2019 independent films 2010s Japanese-language films Japanese drama films Japanese independent films Films about people with cerebral palsy 2010s Japanese films Japanese-language drama films