Yuma is a grown woman now with the obligations and duties that come with it. Mei Kayama stars in the feature-length debut by writer/director Hikari, who faces the challenge of telling a story driven by character, and not just driven by the disability. Starring: Makiko Watanabe, Eita Okuno, Misuzu Kanno and others.
Despite Yuma being disabled, she never stops achieving what she wants. So often is disability representation tokenistic; so often do. MRQE Metric: See what the critics had to say and watch the trailer.
Starring: Kanno Misuzu, Makiko Watanabe, Mei Kayama and others. 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. Now she's ready to reclaim that time and her world. Writer-director's Hikari's drama revolves around Yuma (Mei Kayama), a young manga artist living with cerebral palsy. Con Makiko Watanabe, Shunsuke Daitô, Misuzu Kanno, Yuka Itaya, Mei Kayama.
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It's a rare film that understands disability as a complex part of its character's understanding of themselves and.