An acrylic painting on wood panel, titled 'Hole in the Sky', of a pantless woman looking at the sky jumping up and down on a rooftop while hold a white storefront flag that is shooting fireworks.

Hole in the Sky

(2001, Kazuyoshi Kumakiri)

I had been searching for this movie for several years and finally found it. Even after finding it I waited many months until I felt I was finally ready to watch it. You know that feeling? Like my life is too focused on dumb things and if I watched a movie like this now, it may not click. I’m glad I waited because it was well worth it. Rinko Kikuchi (Yuriko) is my favorite actor/actress and I am so surprised by her talent even in early films. Her style of acting just emotionally destroys me every time; tears always flow. The story is simple. A cook working in his dad’s diner takes in a traveler whose boyfriend just dumped her. Through their interaction their sort of hidden childish behaviors emerge. They both are essentially “adult children”.


From the film 'Hole in the Sky'. A screenshot of a man driving a truck while in the passenger seat a woman (played by Rink Kikuchi) sticks her head out of the window. An animated gif of a scene from the film 'Hole in the Sky', of a woman looking up at the night sky while jumping up and down with her hands in the air. A screenshot showing a small coffeeshop at night with holiday lights strung up in front. The name of the store reads 'Hole in the Sky' in Japanese. From the movie 'Hole in the Sky'.

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