Academy Award-nominee for Best Documentary. A powerful story of love, creativity and sacrifice, Cutie and the Boxer explores the chaotic 40-year relationship between famed “boxing” painter Ushio Shinohara and his supportive wife, Noriko. Once a rising star on the Manhattan art scene, Ushio now struggles to reinvigorate his career, while Noriko begins to shed her role as his assistant by finding her own artistic success.
