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"Small, Slow but Steady" Director Sho Miyake x Yukino Kishii For Keiko to be Keiko [Director's Interview Vol.271]
Heading to the shoot, heading to the match
Q: It seems that there was only three months from when the role was decided until filming, but the result as a professional boxer is overwhelming. During your training, while learning boxing techniques, were you also conscious of becoming Keiko?
Kishii: (musing for a while) Hmm. Maybe being Keiko is a little different... I wonder what about….
Miyake: There was a sense in which the act of us heading to the filming of the match scene and Keiko's act of heading to the match were synchronized. Thinking about how to win the match and how to control yourself in preparation for the match naturally brings you closer to being Keiko. We also felt like we were concentrating on filming the match scenes. So, instead of thinking, ``Keiko is like this,'' and practicing boxing, thinking, ``It's almost time for the match, so let's practice some more steps,'' or ``Let's do some more combination mitts,'' it becomes natural in itself. I guess I ended up being Keiko.
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Kishii: That's certainly true. Rather than getting closer to a distant person called Keiko, there is someone here who is closer to her. I felt like Keiko's spirit was with me. Keiko and I have the same thoughts, and I guess Keiko's thoughts on the game and my thoughts on the movie were the same.
Q: In the match scene, it looked like they were really fighting each other, which surprised me a lot. How was it filmed?
Miyake: We practiced a lot with our opponents and prepared safely before filming. In that respect, I think he is demonstrating his professional skills based on the experience he has cultivated up until now as an actor. This is a realistic scene for a boxing movie. It was all thanks to Kishii-san, my trainer Shinichiro Matsuura, and all the other players who appeared on the show.
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