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Small, Slow But Steady (2022)

Genre : Drama

Runtime : 1H 39M

Director : Sho Miyake
Writer : Sho Miyake, Masaaki Sakai

Synopsis

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.

Actors

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
Makiko Watanabe
Makiko Watanabe
Yuko Nakamura
Yuko Nakamura
Yutaka Shimizu
Yutaka Shimizu

Crews

Sho Miyake
Sho Miyake
Director
Sho Miyake
Sho Miyake
Screenplay
Masaaki Sakai
Masaaki Sakai
Screenplay
Yûta Tsukinaga
Yûta Tsukinaga
Director of Photography
Isamu Fujii
Isamu Fujii
Gaffer
Keiko Okawa
Keiko Okawa
Editor
Kawai Takamitsu
Kawai Takamitsu
Sound Designer
Daichi Watanabe
Daichi Watanabe
Art Direction
Nami Shinozuka
Nami Shinozuka
Costume Design
Koichiro Fukushima
Koichiro Fukushima
Producer
Masahiro Handa
Masahiro Handa
Producer
Keisuke Konishi
Keisuke Konishi
Producer
Shunsuke Koga
Shunsuke Koga
Producer
Shinpei Inoue
Shinpei Inoue
Production Design

Trailers and other movies

Small, Slow but Steady Trailer | SGIFF 2022

Posters and backgrounds

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