37 Seconds

Name: 37 Seconds
Genre: Drama
Released: January 31, 2020
Duration: 115 min
Rating: 62
Cast: Eita Okuno, Haruka Imou, Kiyohiko Shibukawa, Makiko Watanabe, Mei Kayama

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Netflix | Release Date (Streaming): January 31, 2020 | Not Rated

Starring: Eita Okuno, Haruka Imou, Kiyohiko Shibukawa, Makiko Watanabe, Mei Kayama, Minori Hagiwara, Misuzu Kanno, Shizuka Ishibashi, Shôhei Uno, Shunsuke Daitô, Yuka Itaya

Summary: Yuma is a young Japanese woman who suffers from cerebral palsy. Torn between her obligations towards her family and her dream to become a manga artist, she struggles to lead a self-determined life.

Director: HIKARI

Genre(s): Drama

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 115 min

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Andy Howell

Feb 6, 2020

It achieves that magic combination of nuance, depth, and having a big heart that makes it both a crowd-pleaser and a favorite of critics. Read full review

Movie Nation Roger Moore

Feb 2, 2020

37 Seconds is a remarkably frank and surprisingly warm depiction of disability, care-giving and sexuality. Read full review

Deborah Young

Jan 30, 2020

Sentimentality and pathos are banned from Hikari’s screenplay, which surprises with its fresh, often humorous realism. This is one of those films that starts slowly and predictably, but when the turning point comes, it lifts the pic into another dimension. Read full review

Lisa Kennedy

Jan 31, 2020

Deceptively delicate and quietly tough. Read full review

Kimber Myers

Jan 30, 2020

This isn’t the anodyne, awards-baiting film about disability that viewers might be used to; instead, Hikari’s feature debut is sensitive and empathetic, showing a young woman who is more than just her cerebral palsy. Yuma is a wildly creative, sexual person who deserves more than her society often gives her. Read full review

Barry Hertz

Jan 30, 2020

Hikari’s work is well-meaning, and Kayama delivers an affecting, but not affected, performance that almost holds the story together. Eventually, though, the film loses confidence in itself. Read full review

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ericrendeiro

Feb 11, 2020

A slow social drama that make us think about what is to be like the main character. Worth watching.

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JLuis_001

Feb 11, 2020

This is another coming of age story, but the approach it's obviously distinctive because its main character is a young woman with cerebral palsy.

Nonetheless it shows a very known truth that films usually get wrong: People with disabilities are human beings with the same desires of anyThis is another coming of age story, but the approach it's obviously distinctive because its main character is a young woman with cerebral palsy.

Nonetheless it shows a very known truth that films usually get wrong: People with disabilities are human beings with the same desires of any other person.

Although the protagonist is already 23 years old when she begins to open up to another world that she simply wasn't experiencing, she lives it without fear and that's something very important for the character development and for the story.

37 Seconds has much merit for it, because it's not telling a different coming of age story, it's just another and necessary perspective of that story.

Although the third act gets lost a little and despite the good pace the duration seemed somewhat excessive, in general terms I enjoyed this film.… Expand

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DogeGamer2015

Feb 28, 2021

Una buena y conmovedora historia; además, la actriz principal es muy buena; la recomiendo mucho.

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Meth-dude

Apr 15, 2020

With great acting performances, an interesting plot, likable characters and a satisfying ending, "37 Seconds" is an emotional, touching movie that should appeal to most audiences.

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