16 February 2020

37 Seconds (Japan, 2019)

In 37 Seconds, 23-year-old comic book artist Yuma, physically disabled due to profound cerebral palsy and emotionally stunted by her well-meaning but overly protective mother, forges her own unusual path to sexual awakening and independence while at the same time discovering love and forgiveness.

37 Seconds is a film that really makes you feel for the main character and begs that everything goes her way, of course that can't always be the case but the struggles she goes through will also resonate with the viewer. The lead actress, Mei Kayama, was fantastic and the fact that she didn't fake her condition was a pivotal factor, I think. It's a film that easily could've been ruined by sappy melodrama and overacting by an actress trying to fake the disabled state of the character, instead we're given a film which much more easily connects with the viewer and can focus on telling a story to the fullest. 


Genre: Drama, 1h 55min

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