Japan Synopsis
ケイコ 目を澄ませて
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.
The 2021–2023 Japan Window
389 Japan films released in this three-year window, ranked here by audience rating. Small, Slow But Steady sits at position #272.
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The 2020s Japan Landscape
Catalog density by release year in the 2020s. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Small, Slow But Steady premiered. 539 total titles in this decade from Japan.
Reception Benchmarks
6.9
TMDB Rating
21
Audience Reviews
Well Received
Critical Tier
Ranked #2,400 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (48th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Among Japan Drama productions specifically: #1,063 of 1,933 (top 55%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| All Production Countries | France, Japan |
| Original Language | Japanese |
| Production Companies | Comme des Cinémas, Happinet Phantom Studios, Nagoya Broadcasting Network |
| Runtime | 1h 39m |
| Release Date | December 16, 2022 |
| IMDb | tt17309864 |