影片是纪录片导演 Zachary Heinzerling的首部长片。《小可爱与拳击手》讲述了来自日本的“行动派”画家Ushio Shinohara和他的妻子Noriko Shinohara四十多年的婚姻，他们常常需要不断学习和包容来自对方的种种个性和缺点。Ushio Shinohara现年已经73岁，他主要在纽约举行创作，戴着拳击手套上面包裹着海绵，蘸取墨汁在画布上作画，而他的妻子Noriko...

　　Hinano is a bullied and lonely school girl who has no other means to express her feelings but write them down. When one day she hurries in the school nurse's room to escape, she meets a teacher ...