Small, Slow But Steady Blu-ray presents a quietly powerful and deeply human drama centred on resilience, routine and the discipline of carrying on when the world feels uncertain.
 
Keiko, a semi-professional boxer who has been deaf since childhood, trains with fierce dedication at a modest Tokyo gym that offers both structure and belonging. As the pressures of the pandemic and the fragile future of the gym begin to weigh on her, the film turns inward, observing the emotional and physical rhythms of daily life with remarkable sensitivity.
 
Director Sho Miyake approaches the story with restraint and precision, finding beauty in silence, gesture and repetition. Rather than framing struggle as triumph or defeat, the film becomes a moving portrait of persistence, anchored by Yukino Kishii’s extraordinary performance.
 
directed by: Sho Miyake
starring: Yukino Kishii, Tomokazu Miura
2022 / 99 min / 1.66:1 / Japanese DTS-HD MA 5.1