Small, Slow But Steady

A hearing-impaired woman with dreams of becoming a professional boxer due to the pandemic is threatened closure of her boxing club and the illness of its ageing president, who has been her biggest supporter, push her to the limit.

Cast

Yukino Kishii

as Keiko Ogawa

Tomokazu Miura

as Katsumi Sasaki

Masaki Miura

as Makoto Hayashi

Shinichiro Matsuura

as Shintaro Matsumoto

Himi Sato

as Seiji Ogawa

Hiroko Nakajima

as Kiyomi Ogawa

Nobuko Sendo

as Chiharu Sasaki

Nana Nakahara

as Hana

Tomomitsu Adachi

as Reporter

Yutaka Shimizu

as Police officer

Reviews

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The deaf young “Keiko” (Yukino Kishii) has been taking comfort from her boxing since she was a child and already has two competitive bouts under her belt. With a constant stream of urban racket surrounding her, she lives in a world of silence where her only sounds are those imaginary ones created wi...

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