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Starring:
Himi Satô, Hiroko Nakajima, Makiko Watanabe, Masaki Miura, Nobuko Sendô, Shinichirô Matsuura, Shinsuke Kato, Tomokazu Miura, Yukino Kishii, Yûko Nakamura
Summary:
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 Film Stage
Feb 2, 2023
Feb 2, 2023
Director Shô Miyake’s measured, unsentimental adaptation of a memoir by Keiko Ogasawara — who turned professional despite the difficulties of lifelong deafness — turns out to be somewhat aptly described by its own title, though none of those adjectives quite conveys its rare and delicate grace.
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Feb 2, 2023
The film refrains from diagnosing or analysing – either Keiko’s psyche or her condition – but describes and evokes her world with subtle detached insight. It does so on a miniature scale that some might find frustrating or non-committal, but that allows director Miyake to give us Keiko in close-up, yet in a manner that’s scrupulously non-intrusive too.
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Jul 22, 2023
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