''37 Seconds'' is a 2019 Japanese

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written and directed by . The film features amateur 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, stiff muscles, weak muscles, and tremors. There may be problems with sensa ...

, 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. The film was screened at the

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and won the Audience Award and the

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’ Art Cinema Award in the festival's Panorama section.

Cast

* Mei Kayama as Yuma Takada * Misuzu Kanno as Kyoko Takada *

Shunsuke Daitō is a Japanese actor, talent and fashion model. He was born in Sakai, Osaka, Japan. Currently, he is employed by the Top Coat subsidiary of Watanabe Productions. Since debuting in 2005's ''Nobuta wo Produce is a Japanese television drama pr ...

as Toshiya *

Makiko Watanabe is a Japanese actress. She has appeared in more than 60 films since 1996. Awards Watanabe was given the award for best script at the 1999 Mainichi Film Awards for '' M/Other'' with director Nobuhiro Suwa and co-star Tomokazu Miura is a Japan ...

as Mai * Minori Hagiwara as Sayaka * Yuka Itaya as Fujimoto *

Shizuka Ishibashi is a Japanese actress. She is represented by the talent agency Plage. Biography Ishibashi was born as the second of three daughters of actors Ryo Ishibashi and Mieko Harada. She began classical ballet at the age of four and in 2009 went abroad t ...

as Physical Therapist *

Kiyohiko Shibukawa is a Japanese fashion model actor. He debuted as a model under the name Kee, but changed his name to "Kiyohiko Shibukawa" in 2006. He has appeared in more than 60 films since 1998. Selected filmography Film Television Awards See also *Nan ...

as Pimp * Shôhei Uno as Iketani

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.

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