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- 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.
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Feb 13, 2022 · Face masks abound, and their inadvertent disservice to those with hearing loss is demonstrated, with Keiko being unable to lipread.
Feb 24, 2022 · The true story of deaf female boxer Keiko Ogasawara could be fodder for mawkish inspirational fare, but Shô Miyake's gorgeous film is all the more affecting for its stoic restraint. By Guy Lodge.
- Guy Lodge
Feb 14, 2022 · While subtly conveying the ongoing delay which Keiko lives with as a result of her disability (and the burden of her past, having been bullied at school), the director also subtly introduces various other elements: the passing of time and the double-edged sword of death (Katsumi’s illness, after being exposed to too much radiation; the gym ...
Feb 21, 2022 · Based on Keiko Ogasawara’s autobiographical Makenaide! (i.e. Don’t lose/Don’t give up), the film follows recently turned pro-fighter Keiko Ogawa (Yukino Kishii) as she trains in a small, run-down, once prestigious gym on one secluded, yet scenic street in Tokyo.
Feb 13, 2022 · The rare moments when Keiko cracks a half-smile, especially when she starts forming a closer rapport with her brother, are all the more telling because of the contrast with her opacity.
Keiko spends her time working and training, living with a musician friend to cover the rent. Although she has people around her who appreciate her, she feels lonely at times. When her trainer and mentor decides to close the old gym located in the Arakawa area of Tokyo, the challenge for the protagonist is to overcome her feelings of loss and ...
A serene film fraught with underlying sonorous miseries, “Small, Slow But Steady” is seemingly a formulaic sports drama, until it veers away from the punches of cliché; subversive. Deaf pro-boxer Keiko Ogawa is preparing for her next match. She trains religiously from sunup to sundown.