Document 72 Hours

Document 72 Hours (2006)


  • Genre: Documentary
  • First Air Date: 2006-10-03
  • Last Air Date: 2024-11-08
  • Total Seasons: 15
  • Total Episodes: 572
  • Status: Returning Series
  • Episode Runtime: 30 min.
  • Production Company: NHK
  • Production Country: Japan
  • Network: NHK, NHK BS1
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Summary

An unusual documentary series that delves into human dramas through chance encounters with ordinary people at selected spots. Filmed over 72 hours in a single location, the show captures glimpses into people's lives as they open up and share their stories. Japanese Broadcast Version

  • Keywords: everyday people, life and times, soko ga shiritai

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    Document 72 Hours Seasons

    Season 1

    First Air Date: 2006-10-03
    27 Episodes

    Season 2

    First Air Date: 2007-01-09
    11 Episodes

    Season 3

    First Air Date: 2012-07-03
    4 Episodes

    Season 4

    First Air Date: 2013-04-05
    34 Episodes

    Season 5

    First Air Date: 2014-01-10
    41 Episodes

    Season 6

    First Air Date: 2015-01-09
    64 Episodes

    Season 7

    First Air Date: 2016-01-08
    71 Episodes

    Season 8

    First Air Date: 2017-01-13
    65 Episodes

    Season 9

    First Air Date: 2018-01-12
    37 Episodes

    Season 10

    First Air Date: 2019-01-11
    44 Episodes

    Season 11

    First Air Date: 2020-01-10
    26 Episodes

    Season 12

    First Air Date: 2021-01-22
    49 Episodes

    Season 13

    First Air Date: 2022-01-06
    30 Episodes

    Season 14

    First Air Date: 2023-01-05
    37 Episodes

    Season 15

    First Air Date: 2024-01-05
    32 Episodes

    Document 72 Hours Episodes

    Title Air Date Duration
    Season 2013Episode 1Points of Departure: New Chitose Airport30 min
    Season 2013Episode 2Underground Idols30 min
    Season 2014Episode 1Night Clinic: An ER of Last Resort30 min
    Season 2014Episode 2The Live-streamers: Interactive Webcasting30 min
    Season 2014Episode 3The "Rain, then Fine" Coin Laundry30 min
    Season 2014Episode 4Climbing Mt. Fuji30 min
    Season 2014Episode 5Home is Where the Locker Is: The Day Laborers of Osaka30 min
    Season 2014Episode 6Yanaka Cemetery: Dialogs Between Death and Life30 min
    Season 2014Episode 7Personal Glimpses at a 24-Hour Gym30 min
    Season 2014Episode 8Printing Handheld Memories30 min
    Season 2014Episode 9The Game Center, and the Prize beyond the Prize30 min
    Season 2014Episode 10The Makeup Room30 min
    Season 2014Episode 11The Voyage of Life on a Giant Ferry30 min
    Season 2014Episode 12One Tower, Many Lives30 min
    Season 2014Episode 13The Call of the Dunes30 min
    Season 2014Episode 14A 24/7 Discount Store30 min
    Season 2014Episode 15A Giant Travel Agency: Destinations and Detours30 min
    Season 2014Episode 16Night Train to Izumo: Destination - Destiny30 min
    Season 2014Episode 17The Post Office that Never Sleeps30 min
    Season 2014Episode 18Youth "HelloWork" - A Job Agency30 min
    Season 2014Episode 19An All-night Eatery30 min
    Season 2014Episode 20A Giant Bookstore: Wandering in a World of Words30 min
    Season 2014Episode 21Self Storage: Secrets and Memories30 min
    Season 2014Episode 22Mt. Osore: Between Life and Death30 min
    Season 2014Episode 23Wrestlers on the Road30 min
    Season 2014Episode 24The 24-Hour Supermarket: Just Another Day30 min
    Season 2014Episode 25At a Gas Station in a Downpour30 min
    Season 2014Episode 26A 260-person "Sharehouse"30 min
    Season 2014Episode 27A 24/7 Animal Hospital: When a Pet Needs a Vet30 min
    Season 2014Episode 28At a Train Station in Fukushima30 min
    Season 2015Episode 1The Ameyoko International Food Market30 min
    Season 2015Episode 2General Hospital Store: Where Shopping Meets Healing30 min
    Season 2015Episode 3Dreams Along the Yamanote Line30 min
    Season 2015Episode 4Lost and Found in Nagoya: Left Behind on a Holy Night30 min
    Season 2015Episode 5A Discounted Ticket to Happiness30 min
    Season 2015Episode 6A Standing Oden Bar in Tokyo30 min
    Season 2015Episode 7A Taste of Home: A Soba & Udon Vending Machine30 min
    Season 2015Episode 8A Driving School: The Start of Many Journeys30 min
    Season 2015Episode 9Tokyo Capsule Hotel: Encapsulating Life30 min
    Season 2015Episode 10A Used Car, A New Life30 min
    Season 2015Episode 11Yakushima: Island of the Mystical Tree30 min
    Season 2015Episode 12A Kebab Restaurant in Roppongi30 min
    Season 2015Episode 13A Drive-in Restaurant in Okinawa: Hometown Flavor, American Style30 min
    Season 2015Episode 14The Lucky Cat at the Shop30 min
    Season 2015Episode 15Tonkotsu Ramen Restaurant: Bowls for the Soul30 min
    Season 2015Episode 16Japan's Northernmost Bus Stop30 min
    Season 2015Episode 17Voices in Front of the Diet30 min
    Season 2015Episode 18An Iconic Hotel: Until We Meet Again30 min
    Season 2016Episode 1Life on the Squid Hunt30 min
    Season 2016Episode 2A Video Transfer Shop: Replaying the Past30 min
    Season 2016Episode 3Up and Away with Low-cost Carriers30 min
    Season 2016Episode 4A Secret Workshop in Akihabara30 min
    Season 2016Episode 5Kappabashi: Tokyo's Kitchen Capital30 min
    Season 2016Episode 6Christmas at the Bus Terminal30 min
    Season 2016Episode 7Benches and People: An Osaka Shopping Arcade30 min
    Season 2016Episode 8Valentine's Day at the Shrine30 min
    Season 2016Episode 9Farewell Funabashi Auto30 min
    Season 2016Episode 10Tales Over Rice Bowls30 min
    Season 2016Episode 11At the Food Court30 min
    Season 2016Episode 12Route 439: Japan's Last Frontier30 min
    Season 2016Episode 13The Ferry to Volcano Island30 min
    Season 2016Episode 14A Nostalgic Roller Coaster Ride30 min
    Season 2016Episode 15Kyoto's Kamo River Delta30 min
    Season 2016Episode 16Faces Behind an Online Auction30 min
    Season 2016Episode 17A Women's Prison: Up-close and Personal30 min
    Season 2016Episode 18Obon with a Bang in Nagasaki30 min
    Season 2016Episode 19People-watching at a Monster Hotspot30 min
    Season 2016Episode 20Where Cultures and Meat Meet30 min
    Season 2017Episode 1The Little Station and the Sea30 min
    Season 2017Episode 2Golf Driving Range: Slices of Life30 min
    Season 2017Episode 3Art Supply Heaven in Tokyo30 min
    Season 2017Episode 4Starlit Tales from a Nagano Tent Village30 min
    Season 2017Episode 5Daycare Center in Fukuoka's Nightlife District30 min
    Season 2017Episode 6The Traveling Ballot Box30 min
    Season 2017Episode 7Behind the Masks: Halloween in Roppongi30 min
    Season 2017Episode 8From Okinawa to the World and Back30 min
    Season 2017Episode 9Lines and Lives at Airport Immigration30 min
    Season 2017Episode 10A Café Awaits in Omiya30 min
    Season 2017Episode 11Jellyfish Wonderland30 min
    Season 2017Episode 12The Melodies of a Street Piano in Miyazaki30 min
    Season 2017Episode 13Tokyo's Crossroads of Life30 min
    Season 2017Episode 14New Bags, New Beginnings30 min
    Season 2017Episode 15Small Funerals in a Big City30 min
    Season 2017Episode 16Fabric and Buttons and Me30 min
    Season 2017Episode 17Thoughts and Reflections on a Rooftop Ferris Wheel30 min
    Season 2017Episode 18Mt. Kongo: A Climb to the Webcam30 min
    Season 2017Episode 19Truck Stop: A Break on Life's Journey30 min
    Season 2017Episode 20The Daily Life of a Tokyo Mosque30 min
    Season 2018Episode 1Mountain Restaurant: Creating and Reliving Memories30 min
    Season 2018Episode 2Life Without a Smartphone30 min
    Season 2018Episode 3Born to be Wild: Motorcyclists' Road to Happiness30 min
    Season 2018Episode 4When a Man Shines His Shoes30 min
    Season 2018Episode 5Printing Shop: Lives in Print30 min
    Season 2018Episode 6Bento Tales from a Northern Fishing Town30 min
    Season 2018Episode 7Christmas at a 24-hour Bakery30 min
    Season 2018Episode 8Heading Home on the Strait Ferry30 min
    Season 2018Episode 9A Park Where Dreams Take Wing30 min
    Season 2018Episode 10Lives along Route 4530 min
    Season 2018Episode 11The Traveling Library Truck30 min
    Season 2018Episode 12A Spring Miracle: The Firefly Squid of Toyama30 min
    Season 2018Episode 13The Women on the Cosmetics Floor30 min
    Season 2018Episode 14The Race before the Japanese Derby30 min
    Season 2018Episode 15The Great Hospital Move30 min
    Season 2018Episode 16Relaxing in a Nagoya Café30 min
    Season 2018Episode 17Hooked on Fishing in Tokyo Bay30 min
    Season 2018Episode 18The Sight Beyond the Undersea Tunnel30 min
    Season 2018Episode 19Surviving the Summer with Fresh Juice30 min
    Season 2018Episode 20From the Remittance Office with Love30 min
    Season 2019Episode 1Hakodate's Hamburgers of Happiness30 min
    Season 2019Episode 2Tokyo Station: Meet me at the "Silver Bell"30 min
    Season 2019Episode 33333 Stones: Japan's Longest Flight of Steps30 min
    Season 2019Episode 4The DIYers of the Suburban Home Center30 min
    Season 2019Episode 5A Matchmaking Lounge in Sendai30 min
    Season 2019Episode 6New Year Countdown at the Airport30 min
    Season 2019Episode 7A Barter Chain in Osaka30 min
    Season 2019Episode 8A Realtor in Fukuoka: Opening the Door to New Lives30 min
    Season 2019Episode 9Flipping Backward, Looking Forward30 min
    Season 2019Episode 10Small Island, Big Send-Offs30 min
    Season 2019Episode 11Jumokuso: Resting Beneath a Cherry Tree30 min
    Season 2019Episode 12A Rotary in a Student Town: Meeting Spot, Melting Pot30 min
    Season 2019Episode 13Shibuya Post Office: Countdown to a New Era25 min
    Season 2019Episode 14Fasting Retreat: A Break for the Body and Mind25 min
    Season 2019Episode 15Catching Goldfish at a Fishing Pond in Tokyo25 min
    Season 2019Episode 16Wig Shop: A New Appearance, A New Self30 min
    Season 2019Episode 17Bargain Shoes for the Next Step in Life30 min
    Season 2019Episode 18A New Life Away From Bustling Tokyo25 min
    Season 2019Episode 19Nurse Visits: Home is Where the Heart is30 min
    Season 2019Episode 20From Town to Town on Hokkaido's Blood Donation Bus30 min
    Season 2020Episode 1Chasing Dreams in a Shared Office Space30 min
    Season 2020Episode 2Toothy Smiles and Dental Woes: A 24-Hour Dentist's Office30 min
    Season 2020Episode 3A Toast to Life30 min
    Season 2020Episode 4A 400K "Survival Run" in Okinawa30 min
    Season 2020Episode 5Akihabara: Infatuated with Electronics30 min
    Season 2020Episode 6Home for the Holidays: A Supermarket in Fukushima30 min
    Season 2020Episode 7Big Fish, Big Dreams30 min
    Season 2020Episode 8Spilling the Beans at a Coffee Stall30 min
    Season 2020Episode 9From Gang Ties to Business Suits30 min
    Season 2020Episode 1010-Year Milestones in Bikers' Life Journeys30 min
    Season 2020Episode 11Mountain Views, Life Insights30 min
    Season 2020Episode 12Climbing the Walls of Life30 min
    Season 2020Episode 13Inside Japan's Largest Freight Terminal30 min
    Season 2020Episode 14Osaka Castle Park: The Park That Never Sleeps30 min
    Season 2020Episode 15Finding Solace at Inokashira Park30 min
    Season 2020Episode 16Tanabata Wishes at a Tokyo Temple30 min
    Season 2020Episode 17Muscle and Bustle: A 24-Hour Gym in Tokyo30 min
    Season 2020Episode 18Small Wedding Stories30 min
    Season 2020Episode 19Tokyo Taxi Oasis30 min
    Season 2021Episode 1Adios, El Dorado Carousel!30 min
    Season 2021Episode 2Seeds of Happiness at a Tokyo Garden Center30 min
    Season 2021Episode 3Giving Kitchen Equipment New Homes30 min
    Season 2021Episode 4The Zoo on a Hill30 min
    Season 2021Episode 5Sapporo Born and Bread: A 24-Hour Sandwich Shop30 min
    Season 2021Episode 6Opening New Doors at a Furniture Outlet Store30 min
    Season 2021Episode 7Shimanami Kaido: A Ride Along Life's Cycle30 min
    Season 2021Episode 8Tanga: The Market With a Big Heart30 min
    Season 2021Episode 9Seeing Out 2020 in the Heart of Tokyo Bay30 min
    Season 2021Episode 10Fukushima Bento Shop: Serving Meals and Hope30 min
    Season 2021Episode 11New Beginnings from an Osaka Bus Terminal30 min
    Season 2021Episode 12Life Stories at a Hospital Convenience Store30 min
    Season 2021Episode 13Tokyo Dry Cleaner's: Reviving Clothes, Reliving Memories30 min
    Season 2021Episode 14Water Taxis: Across the Sea and Beyond30 min
    Season 2021Episode 15Quiet Prayers at a Secluded Shrine30 min
    Season 2021Episode 16Starting Fresh: One-Stop Uniform Shop30 min
    Season 2021Episode 17Tokyo Stationery Store: Messages from the Heart30 min
    Season 2021Episode 18The Station Under the Cherry Blossoms30 min
    Season 2021Episode 19Warming Body and Heart at a Yakiimo Shop30 min
    Season 2021Episode 20Fireworks Shop: Lighting Up a Quiet Summer30 min
    Season 2022Episode 1Salvaging Bargains at a Tokyo Grocery Store30 min
    Season 2022Episode 2At an Underground Bicycle Parking Lot30 min
    Season 2022Episode 3The Fishermen's Convenience Store30 min
    Season 2022Episode 4Hair and Makeup Salon: Grooming the Eyebrows and Mind30 min
    Season 2022Episode 5Boards and Bonds at a 24-Hour Skateboard Park30 min
    Season 2022Episode 6Finding Your Style at a Used Clothing Store30 min
    Season 2022Episode 7Nursing School: Nurturing the Next Nightingales30 min
    Season 2022Episode 8Seeking a Sweet Finish to Another Busy Year30 min
    Season 2022Episode 9Bidding Farewell to an Amusement Park30 min
    Season 2022Episode 10Tsugaru Railway: A Midwinter Lifeline30 min
    Season 2022Episode 11The Supermarket on Wheels30 min
    Season 2022Episode 12Heartfelt Flowers from a Miyagi Florist30 min
    Season 2022Episode 13A Shinjuku Cell Phone Store30 min
    Season 2022Episode 14Capturing Happy Moments in a Photo Booth30 min
    Season 2022Episode 15Plastic Model Shop: A Hobby Making Worlds Come Alive30 min
    Season 2022Episode 16Nature's Treasure Hunt on a Niigata Beach30 min
    Season 2022Episode 17The Vegetable "Vending Machine" in Tokyo30 min
    Season 2022Episode 18Asakusa's Rakugo Theater: Filling Lives with Laughs30 min
    Season 2022Episode 19Fluttering Yellow Handkerchiefs at a Seaside Station30 min
    Season 2022Episode 20Osaka Shaved Ice Shop: Midsummer Memories30 min
    Season 2023Episode 1The Lure of a 24-Hour Fishing Shop30 min
    Season 2023Episode 2Korokke Pan Shop: Happiness in a Bun30 min
    Season 2023Episode 3Udon Vending Machines on Route 9: An Oasis for Drivers30 min
    Season 2023Episode 4A Cat Temple: Soothing the Mind and Soul30 min
    Season 2023Episode 5Lifting Spirits in a Tokyo Liquor Store30 min
    Season 2023Episode 6University Art Festival: Portrait of Campus Days30 min
    Season 2023Episode 7At a Small Kobe Okonomiyaki Shop30 min
    Season 2023Episode 8A Quiet Pier in Minamiboso30 min
    Season 2023Episode 9Ringing in the New Year at a Fukuoka Bus Terminal30 min
    Season 2023Episode 10The Convenience Store in a Midwinter Hokkaido Village30 min
    Season 2023Episode 11Amami Oshima: On the Radio30 min
    Season 2023Episode 12Behind the Headlines at Ofunato's Local Newspaper30 min
    Season 2023Episode 13Saying Farewell to Once-Loved Dolls at Hofu Tenmangu Shrine30 min
    Season 2023Episode 14Sakura in the Seto Inland Sea30 min
    Season 2023Episode 15The Aomori Shrine Where "Umineko" Soar30 min
    Season 2023Episode 16At a Hospital Roof Garden30 min
    Season 2023Episode 17Nishinomiya's "Manbow Tunnel" Under the Tracks30 min
    Season 2023Episode 18Early Summer on the Kisoji30 min
    Season 2023Episode 19See You in Osaka's Korea Town30 min
    Season 2023Episode 20At a Tokyo Insect Store30 min
    Season 2024Episode 1Yomotsu Hirasaka: Between This World and The Next30 min
    Season 2024Episode 2At a Standing Bar Beside Fukuoka's Boat Racing Stadium30 min
    Season 2024Episode 3Nagano: Watching for Hawks30 min
    Season 2024Episode 4At a 24-Hour Roadside Restaurant in Okayama30 min
    Season 2024Episode 5Farewell to a Hyogo Chairlift30 min
    Season 2024Episode 6At a 24-Hour Chinese Restaurant in a Tokyo Suburb30 min
    Season 2024Episode 7The Bench by Lake Biwa30 min
    Season 2024Episode 8Nature's Bounty at an Okayama Community Garden30 min
    Season 2024Episode 9Ueno: A Discount Women's Clothing Store30 min
    Season 2024Episode 10At Shinjuku's 24-Hour Drugstore30 min
    Season 2024Episode 11Kerosene Delivery Service in Snowy Sapporo30 min
    Season 2024Episode 12Fukushima: An Ice Cream Shop in Winter30 min
    Season 2024Episode 13Spinning On at a 24-Hour Osaka Laundromat29 min
    Season 2024Episode 14A 24-Hour Discount Supermarket in Osaka30 min
    Season 2024Episode 15A Midnight Soba Shop in Akita30 min
    Season 2024Episode 16Fresh Starts at a Yokohama Electronics Store30 min
    Season 2024Episode 17Life Voyages on a Sea of Japan Ferry30 min
    Season 2024Episode 18A Low-priced Gas Station in Wakayama30 min
    Season 2024Episode 19Lives Inside a Huge "Danchi" Housing Complex30 min

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