Small, Slow But Steady

Dec 16, 2022

1h 39m

★ 7.0

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.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Comme des Cinémas

Happinet Phantom Studios

Nagoya Broadcasting Network

The Asahi Shimbun

THEFOOL

Small, Slow But Steady Trailers

Cast

Keiko Ogawa

Yukino Kishii

Katsumi Sasaki

Tomokazu Miura

Makoto Hayashi

Masaki Miura

Shintaro Matsumoto

Shinichiro Matsuura

Seiji Ogawa

Himi Sato

Kiyomi Ogawa

Hiroko Nakajima

Chiharu Sasaki

Nobuko Sendo

Hana

Nana Nakahara

Reporter

Tomomitsu Adachi

Police officer

Yutaka Shimizu

Junior colleague

Jotaro Tozuka

Ryutaro

Ryutaro Yasumitsu

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