Document 72 Hours

For people with time, car ferries are an inexpensive mode of travel in Japan, which is surrounded by water. Each year, about 200,000 passengers ride one ferry line that connects Nagoya, Sendai and Hokkaido. All kinds of people board the ship, such as laborers going to booming Nagoya to find work; college students taking economical and easy graduation trips; and temp employees seeking relaxation. What will we learn about present-day Japan through the people we meet onboard over a 3-day period?

All Episodes - Season 2

Episode 1

Night Clinic: An ER of Last Resort

Episode 2

The Live-streamers: Interactive Webcasting

Episode 3

The "Rain, then Fine" Coin Laundry

Episode 4

Climbing Mt. Fuji

Episode 5

Home is Where the Locker Is; The Day Laborers of Osaka

Episode 6

Yanaka Cemetery: Dialogs between Death and Life

Episode 7

Personal Glimpses at a 24-Hour Gym

Episode 8

Printing Handheld Memories

Episode 9

The Game Center, and the Prize beyond the Prize

Episode 10

The Makeup Room

Episode 11

The Voyage of Life on a Giant Ferry

Episode 12

One Tower, Many Lives

Episode 13

The Call of the Dunes

Episode 14

A 24/7 Discount Store

Episode 15

A Giant Travel Agency: Destinations and Detours

Episode 16

Night Train to Izumo: Destination - Destiny

Episode 17

The Post Office that Never Sleeps

Episode 18

Youth "HelloWork" - A Job Agency

Episode 19

An All-night Eatery

Episode 20

A Giant Bookstore: Wandering in a World of Words

Episode 21

Self Storage: Secrets and Memories

Episode 22

Mt. Osore: Between Life and Death

Episode 23

Wrestlers on the Road

Episode 24

The 24-Hour Supermarket: Just Another Day

Episode 25

At a Gas Station in a Downpour

Episode 26

A 260-person "Sharehouse"

Episode 27

A 24/7 Animal Hospital: When a Pet Needs a Vet

Episode 28

At a Train Station in Fukushima