Document 72 Hours · SEASON 11
Tokyo's Sumida River: A Quiet Summer Without Fireworks
Episode 15 · 2020-09-18

- Documentary
Episode overview
The Sumida River Fireworks Festival, which usually colors Tokyo's summer, has been canceled. During this quiet summer, we spend three days walking around the Sumida River promenade. We meet people who talk candidly even though they have just met, and young people whose dreams have been shattered by the coronavirus. A man who fell in love with Asakusa and plays the guitar by the river, and an elderly man who comes every day to reminisce about his late wife. Through the lives of the various people encountered along the river, this program documents the present moment, which is shifting despite the turmoil caused by the novel coronavirus.
29 minutes
Season 11 episodes
1. A 400K "Survival Run" in Okinawa2020-01-10
2. Aomori's Shimokita Peninsula ‘Wakeari Yokocho’2020-01-17
3. Akihabara: Infatuated With Electronics2020-01-24
4. Big Fish, Big Dreams2020-01-31
5. Home for the Holidays: A Supermarket in Fukushima2020-02-07
6. Kobe: The Street Piano from That Day2020-02-14
7. Tokyo's Downtown 24-Hour Yakiniku Restaurant2020-02-21
8. From Gang Ties to Business Suits2020-02-28
9. Spilling the Beans at a Coffee Stall2020-03-06
10. Finding Solace at Inokashira Park2020-07-31
11. Muscle and Bustle: A 24-Hour Gym in Tokyo2020-08-07
12. Tanabata Wishes at a Tokyo Temple2020-08-14
13. Ishikawa Nagisa Driveway: Memories on the Sandy Beach2020-09-04
14. Tokyo Taxi Oasis2020-09-11
15. Tokyo's Sumida River: A Quiet Summer Without Fireworks2020-09-18
16. Why I Play an Instrument2020-09-25
17. Adios, El Dorado Carousel!2020-10-02
18. Seeds of Happiness at a Tokyo Garden Center2020-10-09
19. Kabukicho: Farewell to the Cabaret of Humanity2020-10-16
20. Giving Kitchen Equipment New Homes2020-10-23
21. The Zoo on a Hill2020-10-30
22. Sapporo Born and Bread: A 24-Hour Sandwich Shop2020-11-06
23. Opening New Doors at a Furniture Outlet Store2020-11-13
24. At the Pet Cemetery Where Animals Rest in Peace2020-11-20
25. Tokyo Dry Cleaner's: Reviving Clothes, Reliving Memories2020-12-04
26. Shimanami Kaido: A Ride Along Life's Cycle2020-12-11