Middle-aged Fumi lives a quiet seaside life, she spends her days working at a small local factory, spending time with her neighbor’s son, and attending her sober-lifestyle group. One night while driving home her car is struck by a small meteorite, the odds of which are 100 million to 1. Seeing this as a good omen, Fumi decides she should be open to new possibilities in her life, even perhaps romance…
Acting
Satomi Kobayashi's restrained, lived-in performance carries every frame.
Cinematography
Muted seaside palette that breathes like salt air.
Writing
Cosmic absurdity meets kitchen-sink realism with zero sentimentality.
Director
Hideyuki Hirayama
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director Hideyuki Hirayama is best known for 1990s yakuza films; this represents a deliberate late-career pivot toward intimate human dramas.
The film quietly subverts Japanese 'second chance' romances by refusing to dramatize Fumi's sobriety struggle—her AA-adjacent group is simply part of her infrastructure, not her identity.
JP
