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Small, Slow But Steady

Small, Slow But Steady

20227.01h 39m

Overview

Keiko surprises everyone when she overcomes adversity to win her first two boxing fights. But when an unexpected incident threatens the closure of her gym, she is pushed further than she thought possible.

Directed by Sho Miyake
Written by Sho Miyake, Masaaki Sakai
Produced by Shunsuke Koga, Koichiro Fukushima, Keisuke Konishi
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Top Cast

Yukino Kishii

Yukino Kishii

Keiko Ogawa

Tomokazu Miura

Tomokazu Miura

Katsumi Sasaki

Masaki Miura

Masaki Miura

Makoto Hayashi

Shinichiro Matsuura

Shinichiro Matsuura

Shintaro Matsumoto

Himi Sato

Himi Sato

Seiji Ogawa

Hiroko Nakajima

Hiroko Nakajima

Kiyomi Ogawa

Nobuko Sendo

Nobuko Sendo

Chiharu Sasaki

Nana Nakahara

Nana Nakahara

Hana

Tomomitsu Adachi

Tomomitsu Adachi

Reporter

Yutaka Shimizu

Yutaka Shimizu

Police officer

Themes & Keywords

loss of eyesightcoming of agetokyo, japanboxing trainerdisabilitypandemicfemale boxingboxinghearing impaired

About Small, Slow But Steady

Small, Slow But Steady is a drama film released in 2022 exploring themes of loss of eyesight, coming of age, tokyo, japan, boxing trainer, disability, pandemic. Directed by Sho Miyake, it stars Yukino Kishii, Tomokazu Miura, Masaki Miura. Keiko surprises everyone when she overcomes adversity to win her first two boxing fights. But when an unexpected incident threatens the closure of her gym, she is pushed further than she thought possible.

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