04 Jul 1956
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Small, Slow But Steady
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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岸井ゆきの Keiko Ogawa
三浦友和 Katsumi Sasaki
三浦誠己 Makoto Hayashi
Shinichiro Matsuura Shintaro Matsumoto
佐藤緋美 Seiji Ogawa
中島ひろ子 Kiyomi Ogawa
仙道敦子 Chiharu Sasaki
渡辺真起子 Ms. Goto
中村優子 Doctor
足立智充 
清水優 
Ryutaro Yasumitsu Jotaro Tozuka 
Nana Nakahara Yasuhiro Isobe 橋野純平 
佐藤友美 
木村知貴 
カトウシンスケ Katsuyuki Iwai
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