"Anyplace around here to eat?" "Where you from?" " Tokyo." " Oh, mainlander." "You see up there a ways, you'll hit the highway, you get on that, and make a right turn at the Self Defense Forces training grounds." "Beyond that, you'll see a sign and there'll be a drive-in restaurant" "It's got a strange name, Sky something-or-other." "HOLE IN THE SKY" "We're here." "Noboru." "Drive-in Hole in the Sky" "Excuse me..." "Welcome." "What'll it be?" "Pork-over-rice and..." "You, Noboru?" "Curry." "Ichio, curry and pork-rice." "Mainlanders?" " Yes." " How far are you going?" "We haven't decided..." "Thought we'd look around." "If you're following the coast, you'd better go clock-wise." "Why?" "You'll be one lane closer to the Sea." "I see." "In second place, Kitano Hoki, in the lead, the horse that survived the preliminaries..." "Then the second horse, and with 20 meters to go," "Fujino Bijin is in the lead, but..." "It looks tight..." "From the inside, Kitano Hoki, from the outside, Golden Verge, still a horse and a halfahead, with only 5 meters to go," "Fujino Bijin in the lead but it's very tight..." "Fujino Bijin's stopped!" "Golden Verge pulling in on the outside." "Placing first, Kitano Hoki." "And second place, second's slipping, is it Golden Verge..." "Oh no, that's no good." "Oh boy, oh boy." "I was so sure it'd win." "Me too." "I thought it was my ace in the hole." " You bet, too?" " Yeah." "Welcome." "Tasty?" "The cook's real good." "There you go again..." "What exactly do you mean?" "You think I'm a pain in the ass, right?" " If you think I'm a pain, just say so!" " You're a pain." "Do you have to be so harsh?" "I'm going... to the bathroom." "Kept you waiting." "Chicken." "Going drinking again?" "Well, yeah..." "From the Ferry Terminal, you can see seals there." "Oh, you can see seals there now." "The seals come in the winter." "They come down on the icebergs." "When I think ofseals, I think of them in the Okhotsk Sea." "Well, isn't the Okhotsk more famous for crabs?" "But this guy says he saw seals in the Okhotsk, a long time ago." "I used to live up here a long time ago, and I saw them when I went to camp." "Oh, I see." "Thank you very much." "Say, Ichio..." "M ind if I go into Asahikawa?" "Keep thinkin' 'bout those horse races..." "What the hell, you jerk!" "What about me?" "Same difference." "Whether you're gone" "Thanks then." "I'll be gone about a week." "Go on, then." "Can I borrow your car?" "Of course not!" "I just cleaned it." "The truck's rough going over the pass." "What the hell do I care!" "The truck's rough on my hip..." "OK, Ichio." "Look after the place." "Yeah." "I'm goin' after my ace in the hole." "Hey, Dad!" "Hey, Dad!" "No wonder Mom ran out on him." "...can help you gain the respect of those around you." "Red umbrellas bring you luck." "No. 6 Virgos" "Think positive and take the initiative in all matters." "It's still alive." "Um..." "Do you have a toilet?" "Course we do." "Order?" "Pork-rice." "Oh, water please." "Hey, no paper..." "Hey there!" "I'm sorry." "It's a crime to run out on a check." "Well, this time, I'll let it go." "Hey!" "Hey!" "Oh, that, sorry..." "It was my mother's." "I look good in anything." "Oh..." "OK, then..." "I'm going to bed..." "Is it..." "Are you going to sleep with me?" "Don't be crazy." "It's not like that." "Thank you." "Good night." "Yeah. 'Night." "Oh, you're awake." "Up early." "Good morning." "Oh, jogging?" "No, just running." "Um..." "I was just wondering..." "What does 'Hole in the Sky' mean?" "A boring story..." "That's OK." "Before, Dad had named it," "Dad used to call it the Asahi Drive-in." "Asahi." "Huh?" "Asahi." "Asahi, you know." "Like that famous star, Akira's name." "but you pronounce it Asahi instead." "Back when I was in grade school, one day, he just up and changed it to what it is today." "And the reason's..." "Really dumb." "Dad's childhood dream." "was to become a pilot... right." "But he only finished 9th grade, so of course, that was impossible." "But he couldn't give it up" "So he took the test for the Self Defense Forces" "But he was too short, and they rejected him." "But I guess he never gave up wanting to be a pilot..." "See..." "So his feelings about the sky got mixed up with, remember Hole in the Tiger from that TV show?" "So, together, you get..." "Hole in the Sky." "Kind of a pun." "Yeah, well, he built this place for the same reasons" "Know the Self Defense Forces grounds nearby?" "That used to be an airfield, yeah." "So I guess he sort of thought it might be a watering hole for the pilots." "But only truckers came, so now it's a trucking hole." "Boring..." "Oh, you're leaving tomorrow?" "Yeah." "Better pay you then." "Oh, right..." "Sure appreciate it." "Thanks." "Good work." "I'm going to bed..." " Good night." " Night." "Wanna sleep with me?" "A real cutie pie." "Yeah?" "Ich-chan, I'm done cleaning." "Great, thanks." "This here's Yamazaki, a regular customer." "Oh, your truck's real cool." " I'll give you a ride anytime." " Really?" "Great." "What'd you have today?" "Meat, gotta eat meat." "Like sure..." "Doesn't look like a Dad, does he?" "I bet he's actually a doting father." "I'll take him up on that ride." "He'll do it." "He's like that, huh?" "Written all over his face." "You're the one that looks dangerous..." "Where can Tae-chan be..." "Hey, Ich-chan." "Oh, oh, hi." "Hi." "You haven't been comin' around much..." "Don't have my car." "Dad took it." "Oh, no." "Where'd he go?" "What?" "Went into Asahikawa, to go watch the horse races?" "So you're minding the place alone?" "Oh, it's nothing." "Want me to come over and help out?" "Oh, no, no, no..." "Oh, that girl." "Oh, no, no, that girl's... just giving me a hand." "Not what you think." "Oh..." "See ya." "Your beard's great." "Your beard." "Mr. Beard Man." "No, no, that's not it..." "This beard..." "Oh, um, these guys are treating us to corn." "Each kernel has its own set of whiskers." "Wow, amazing." "Say..." "Let's go home." "I'm not ready yet." "Hey, don't take her away." "We were just talking." "Son of Asshole in the Sky." "That wacko's drive-in." "She your girl?" "I just work there." "Work?" "Then she's not yours." "Right?" "What the hell was that?" "What the hell was that!" "I'm sorry." "What the hell!" "The locals avoid you?" "What?" "Avoid me?" "Well, yeah..." "My Dad, you know, caused a lot of trouble here, way back when." "Yeah?" "Got himself in trouble?" "In the winter, there's the Ice Festival." "It's an Ice Sculpting Contest that's open to the public and Dad joined." "He was just supposed to do a snowman but I don't know what got into him." "He made a 'Hole in the Sky', named after the drive-in." "He made an igloo, big enough for a few kids." "And put a projector inside, and showed movies of aerial combat from World War II or something." "I was just a kid, too, so I thought Dad was really something." "But then, heat from the projector lamp melted the ice and the igloo collapsed." "Some of the kids inside got hurt pretty bad." "People always thought he was odd, but that was the last straw, it was." "Out here rumors travel real fast." "People got nothin' better to do." "At least there's plenty of space between houses, but..." "Any normal person would've packed up and moved on after that." "Why didn't he?" "Don't ask me." "He's just thick-skinned, he is." "Oh, hey, I'm sorry." "Usually, I have my own wheels, I do." "but my stupid Dad took off in 'em." "I'm sorry, won't be a minute." "Hey!" "I'm on a real roll..." "Mind ifI stay a while longer?" "Races are over in Asahikawa" "Moving onto Kitami next." "Thought I'd follow the circuit." "Clock-wise, huh?" "Right, right." "Sure, go ahead." "Gee, thanks." "And don't bother coming back." "I might be gettin' married." "Stifling heat rising from summer grassfields falling." "flowing bright red" "Ah, flowers in the sky" "And a light" "Filling me" "Filling you" "And beyond that..." "Eternity." "Oh, I know." "If you follow this river all the way, it leads to the Sea." "They say you can see seals there this time of year." "The Okhotsk Sea?" "No, not the Okhotsk." "Yes, it is the Okhotsk." "The seals." "They ride the icebergs." "No, the thing is, they come ashore like it's their watering hole." "Wow, wide river!" "Ride river?" "Wow, cool." "M ind if I stop for gas?" "Go ahead." "Welcome back." "Fill her up." "Howdy." "Out driving?" "Just out picking up supplies." "Going to the bathroom." "Your old man still gone?" "Yeah..." "Gotta take a leak." "I gotta take a leak." "Too much coffee." "Hey, Tae-chan," "If it's a nice day tomorrow, let's go to the Sea and have barbecue." "Sure, great." "A vocados bring you luck." "Today's a Super Lucky Day for..." "Virgos!" "All those piled up worries and irritations might just blow up today." "If you follow this beach, you'll get to the harbor." "And you?" "I can't go yet." "I've still got things left to do." "Hey, Tae-chan..." "Tae-chan..." "No, not like that." "It's up and down." "Up and down." "Like this, see." "I'll go get some more." "Start at the top." "Slippery." "Hot." "Get sunburned." "Want me to get sunblock?" "We can just paint like this." "I'm wiped." "Tae-chan, it's dangerous." "It's slippery." "Watch out!" "Watch out!" "Watch out!" "Ich-chan." "Let's watch something else." "Brings back memories." "Paint's peeled off..." "Stupid fly..." "Ich-chan!" "To me, it's totally like porn." " Porn?" " Yeah." "What do you say?" "Let's see." "Hey, this is..." "Like totally." "This is a blue film." "Blue film." "My Dad's got such a dirty mind." "And I've got a dirty mind." "Which is why we'll watch it." "We'll watch it." "All right." "Oh, right, the light." "Hurry, hurry." "OK." "Looks pretty hardcore." "Mom..." "I'm taking a walk." "Ich-chan." "I brought more, here." "Got a light?" "A light?" "Nope." "When did you mother take off?" "When I was in 4th grade, I remember..." "Dad changed the name of the place right after she left." "Your Dad's still waiting for her..." "Hey, hey, it won't stop!" "Drank too much beer!" "Shooting star..." "You can almost touch them." "Watch out." "Ich-chan, stars, stars, stars." "Stars, stars, stars, Ich-chan." "Hey, hey, it's really dangerous." "Wow!" "Stars..." "What?" "Tae-chan!" "All New Interior" "Ich-chan." "Piggyback." "Here goes." "Is it on?" "Yup." "For the opening." "Are Lillies of the Valley in season?" "There's a place they bloom late, just up the road." "There's a stream nearby that's unusually cold." "So they always bloom about now." "Sort of a watering hole." "Down you go, you OK?" "Kinda." "Kinda looks like somebody died." "Ich-chan, take me to that watering hole some day?" "Yeah." "Beer!" "Beer!" "We're outta beer here!" "What..." "When you first came here" "That guy you were with..." "What happened?" "Oh, we broke up." "What about..." "What did you see in him?" "I'm not really sure..." "I just get anxious..." "Aren't you thirsty?" "Drink something?" "I'll get you something." "What's that scar?" "This?" "Our dog bit me when I was a kid." "That dog..." "We'd found it and kept it for a while and it was pretty tame" "One day, it just went crazy and started attacking me." "Thought it might have rabies so I had blood tests at the hospital..." "Turned out it wasn't sick..." "Still don't know why it attacked me." "Wish it had been sick." "Would've been less of a shock." "That dog..." "So, what happened to it?" "The health department took it away." "Killed it, probably." " Morning." " Morning." "So cute!" "Really cute." "Just after his bath." "He's bright red." " How old is he?" " 3 months." "Like a little bug." "Your own baby..." "Oh, welcome home." "Look, it's his baby." "So cute." "He's so little but he smiles." "Don't know what at." " Isn't he cute?" " All he does is pee." "And he brought us this." "At lunchtime, I needed some help, and he happened to drop in, so I asked him to help" "How did you ever get by alone, it was like totally busy." "But my cooking went over pretty well." " Ich-chan not like..." " Shut up!" "I do it my way!" "What are you pissed about?" "I can feel good luck coming." "But in any case..." "I'm plum out of cash." "How much do you need?" "Could you spare 30,000 yen?" "I'll wire 50,000 then." "Business has been good." "Man in charge!" "From the post office?" "I'll wire it this morning." "That ace in the..." "Morning bath for the hangover?" "You OK?" "Good morning." "Good morning." "I'm off to the post office." "Tae-chan." "What do you say we close up after lunch and drive to the Sea?" "Remember the Sea I told you about?" "They come just about now." "Oh... yeah, sure." "Be right back." "Off you go." "Lots of cows around here, cows." " Right turn, right here." " Huh?" "Right, right." "Just go ahead and turn right, right, right." "Hey, was that..." "Hey, was that, wait a minute." "What?" "Wait, wait, wait, wait." "Wait, don't." "Don't go after him!" "This is the sort of thing you settle once and for all." "None of your business!" "It is too." "What!" "That's him..." "Hey, hey, hey!" "Shut up." "Hey!" "That's his." "That's..." " Want me to tell him?" " No..." " Go with you?" " Leave me alone." "Tae-chan." "You left me all alone and flat broke." "Sorry." "For what?" "Who's she?" "At Lake Mashuu..." "On a school trip" "Why's she in your truck?" "Got separated from her class." "Felt sorry for her." "What's that about..." "What are you doing?" "You just wait inside." "You hick." " What?" "What'd you say?" " Screw you!" "What the!" "It's all your fault!" "I'm sorry." "Just wait inside, OK?" "I figured you went home." "So..." "What exactly do you want?" "What do you expect?" "I didn't expect anything in..." "Ich-chan said I should settle it." "What?" "Ich-chan said I should settle it." "What the hell!" "Jerk!" "Be a man!" "Apologize!" " Who the hell are you?" "!" " Doesn't matter who!" "Stop it!" "Apologize to her!" "Who are you?" "!" "Know who I am!" "I'm the man who loves her more than anyone in the world!" "Get down on your hands and knees and apologize!" "Cut it out!" "Be a man!" "Apologize!" "Apologize!" "Just do it, apologize to her..." "Like this, a real apology." "Can't do it?" "No, you idiot!" "You idiot!" "Tae-chan!" "He's a worthless jerk..." "Where are you going, Tae-chan?" "Where are you..." "It's all OK, c'mon..." "What's wrong?" "You OK?" "It's OK." "I'm here." "You OK?" "Wanna get in the truck, Tae-chan?" "What's wrong?" "It's sunny, let's go see the seals, OK?" "Tae-chan, let's go." "Let's get in the truck, OK?" "Let's go watch the seals, OK?" "What!" "Hey, hey, what's this?" "Unbelievable!" "What the..." "Can't fix this today." "Piston's shot." "Can't you help me out here?" "Today?" "Piston's shot." "Can't fix it today." "Got another car?" "Another car?" "That one?" "That's the boss' car." "No way." "Help me out here..." "Help you out..." "Wait a minute, then." "Ich-chan..." "It's time for me to go home..." "What?" "Why?" "You just stuck around here..." "To see that guy?" "No, not really." "No, not really..." "Well then..." "That guy," "and me..." "How are we different?" "Were you just... just using me?" "No, not really..." "No, not really..." "You said the drive-in was busy, so..." "The drive-in busy..." "That's all!" "If that's all it was, then just go!" "Fine, just go!" "Get out!" "If that was it..." "What?" "Drive-in's busy?" "Give me a break, just go!" "Busy's the reason!" "What the hell!" "Tae-chan..." "Tae... what are you doing?" "I'm sorry..." "I blew up like that..." "It's OK." "Isn't there, a way you'd stay another day?" "Tuesdays are busy, you know." "It's impossible, Ich-chan." "I can't face..." "Being alone again." "I can't face..." "Because I mean," "I've got to get money from the post office..." "Even to pay your salary." "But if you don't even care about that, just go home." "What..." "I think I know why that dog bit you." "What's that mean?" "Why at the end..." "You know I can't stay here." "Why not?" "Why not?" "A little longer." "C'mon..." "Let me go." "C'mon." "A little longer..." "Don't you like me?" "Please, stay a little." "C'mon!" "Stay a little." "Let go!" "Dammit!" "Don't go home, stay..." "Stay, stay!" "I'm sorry." "Tae-chan, I'm sorry." "Tae-chan!" "Tae-chan, I'm sorry, Tae-chan, I'm sorry, I apologize." "I'm sorry, I'm really sorry, Tae-chan..." "I apologize." "I'm sorry, Tae-chan." "Oh, I'll take you, see you off." "No." "To the airport, I'll see you off." "How?" "On a bicycle?" "!" "To the train station, then." "No, I said!" "It's dangerous, I'll take you to the station." "See?" "No cars are coming." "C'mon, let me take you." "Let me go!" "Please, over here, stay longer, I want to talk to you." "Please, please, please." "I'll take you, so please stay a little longer." "Let me go." "Really, it's the first time I really fell in love..." "I'm sorry, really, I apologize..." "I'm sorry, don't you see..." "Tae-chan, watch out." "I'm sorry, I apologize..." "Tae-chan, please forgive me." "I'm really truly sorry." "Tae-chan, it's dangerous, please, please..." "Oh, it's no good." "Oh, I know." "Make a quick stop?" "My butt hurts, Ich-chan." "Enough, let me off." "Real quick." "Hey, it stopped." "Piggyback?" "Piggyback?" "Hey, hey, where are we going?" "Hey, hey..." "Ich-chan!" "Hey, hey, Ich-chan!" "Stop!" "Put me down!" "Ich-chan!" "Cut it out!" "Let me down!" "You idiot!" "I said, Ich-chan!" "Really!" "Cut it out!" "It's right around here somewhere." "Ich-chan..." "Around here..." "I swear it's around here." "Around here..." "Hey, where is it?" "Tae-chan, I'm sorry." "Tae-chan, I'm sorry." "Won't you please..." "Stay just one more day." "Won't you?" "Oh, I see..." "Well, it's raining today..." "Actually, I'll come get it now." "Yes, thank you." "See you later." " I'll just go get the car." " In this weather?" "Forecast says it'll clear up." "You'll still be here... right?" "Yeah." "Hello." "Your truck's ready." "All yours." "I'm home..." "Your restaurant's been closed a while now." "Something wrong?" "Oh, really?" "Thanks." "Look, Tomi-san." "For Ichio..." "What's up?" "Make any money?" "Looks good, huh?" "You're the one, that wired me good luck." "Oh, right, you got a letter." "And today's No. 1 Lucky Zodiac Sign is..." "Virgo." "Dad..." "Huh?" "Thought maybe I'd take a trip, too." "Sure, why not." "Go ahead, go." "Can I leave the door open?" "Sure." "Hole in the Sky" "Cast" "Terajima Susumu" "Kikuchi Yuriko" "Written and directed by Kumakiri Kazuyoshi" "English subtitles:" "Linda Hoaglund"