Award Winning Independent Cinema

A heart-warming film about two lonely women with a huge age gap between them and from different cultural backgrounds, who come together to find friendship and a new sense of self.

Based on the novel by KOSHIGAYA Osamu, this charming coming-of-age film is set in the northern landscapes of Japan and skilfully mixes hidden gems of the area and its heritage with cinematic human drama.

The film is like a ‘blue thermal’ – an updraft that occurs under a blue sky which pushes a glider higher. This beautiful work with its spectacular depiction of the sky captures the ever-moving emotion of Tamaki tenderly.

Gaining sympathy from the large singles community both inside and outside of Japan, this award-winning film handles the hidden loneliness of a young woman in Japanese contemporary society with a humorous tone.