Keiko, me wo sumasete
Small, Slow But SteadyInspired by Keiko Ogasawara’s autobiographical book “Makenaide!”, Keiko, me wo sumasete is a deeply moving character study powered by an unforgettable performance from rising star Yukino Kishii. Who needs speech when they have eyes as expressive as hers? Eyes that can either signify to her loving brother “I feel like being left alone right now”, or fill up with tears when experiencing human warmth and decency. Boxing, her coach reminds her, is about respect. Shot on gorgeous 16mm with razor-sharp precision and a deep sense of emotional truth, director Sho Miyake demonstrates this same sense of respect to tell this story of willpower put to the test.
With
- Yukino Kishii (Keiko Ogawa)
- Tomokazu Miura (Katsumi Sasaki)
- Masaki Miura (Makoto Hayashi)
- Shinichiro Matsuura (Shintaro Matsumoto)
- Himi Sato (Seiji Ogawa)
- Hiroko Nakajima (Kiyomi Ogawa )
- Nobuko Sendo (Chiharu Sasaki)
Crew
Director | Shô Miyake |
Screenplay | Shô Miyake, Masaaki Sakai |
Cinematography | Yuta Tsukinaga |
Gaffer | Isamu Fujii |
Editing | Keiko Okawa |
Sound Design | Takamitsu Kawai |
Production Design | Shimpei Inoue |
Art Director | Daichi Watanabe |
Costumes | Nami Shinozuka |
Make-Up | Shihomi Mochizuki |
Assistant Director | Takashi Matsuo |
Production Manager | Takashi Ookawa |
Producers | Koichiro Fukushima, Masahiro Handa, Keisuke Konishi, Shunsuke Koga |
Co-Producer | Masa Sawada |
Co-Production | Comme des Cinémas Paris |
World Sales
Produced by
Nagoya Broadcasting Network
“Keiko me wo sumasete” Production Committee
Shô Miyake
Keiko, me wo sumasete | Small, Slow But Steady
Encounters · Berlinale Meets | Interview · Jan 31, 2022
Shô Miyake
Shô Miyake was born in 1984, in Hokkaido. He graduated from Hitotsubashi University’s Faculty of Sociology, and completed the elementary course in fiction at the Film School of Tokyo. His film Small, Slow But Steady (2022) was officially entered in the Encounters section of the 72nd Berlinale. At the 77th Mainichi Film Awards it won the Japanese Film Grand Prize, the Best Director Award and five other prizes.
Filmography
2008 Spy no shita (Tongue of Spy); 2010 Yakutatazu (Good for Nothing); 2012 Playback 2014 The Cockpit; documentary 2017 Misshi to bannin 2018 Kimi no tori wa utaeru (And Your Bird Can Sing) 2019 Wairudo tsuâ (Wild Tour) 2020 Ju-on: Origins; series, 6 episodes 2022 Keiko, me wo sumasete (Small, Slow But Steady) 2024 Yoake no subete (All the Long Nights)
Bio- & filmography as of Berlinale 2024