Produced by the Japan Broadcasting Corporation (NHK), "Documentary 72 Hours" focuses on unnoticed occupations or people, and selects specific locations to shoot for 72 consecutive hours, condensed into 30 minutes. Through casual conversations with the interviewees, they show the warmth and warmth of human feelings and the world. No deliberate editing to create gimmicks, no rigid preaching.
The producer's easy control of the scene, accurate commentary, loose and soft music, and the theme song of "running with tears and laughter" have made the film a "first audience satisfaction" documentary for ten consecutive years.
The show was launched on October 3, 2006 as a novel different from Yasunari Kawabata, Akira Kurosawa's film, Hayao Miyazaki's animation, Araki's photography, Ryuichi Sakamoto's music... In the art form, "72 Hours of Documentary" uses colorful images to show the "everyday reality" of "beautiful and ambiguous" Japan, which the producers call "everyday drama".
Walking through the Japanese archipelago, where the crowds are bustling and laughing, leaving behind feelings, admiration, regret and blessings. "Sending ephemera to heaven and earth, a millet in the sea", the Japanese people who are deeply influenced by Buddhist culture do not cling to things. As the theme song "Home on the Riverbank" sings: "... Happiness should be stubborn, it should be shared, it is so illusory, please cherish "...
The film shows a highly refined society, dedicated corporate employees, clerks, insurance workers, construction engineers, farmers, students... In "The Story of rice bowls", in the restaurant known for providing large quantities and high-quality rice, the guy who is "too thin to make people feel unreliable", the 76-year-old courier who is "too busy to cook", and the old lady who thinks the fish in the store is "not tasty". This hotel was still open during the 3/11 tsunami. "Big bowl of rice. Full of big bites, there is something to eat, that is, to be thankful."
In "Kyoto's Kamogawa River Delta", the boy riding a bicycle in the rapids, the mother and daughter jumping around on the stepping stones, and the old man who claims to be "hunted". Young people come here to take wedding photos, college students party by the river at night, girls who "watch the fire from the other side"; the elderly who lost their wives and children during the earthquake and are seriously ill, recalling when they were in college, skipping class to drink by the river... The clear Kamogawa River flows day and night, flowing away from the old days...
Sakurajima Volcano is an active volcano with 24-hour ferry rides and sometimes temporary shelters. On "The Ferry to the Volcanic Island", the farmer who buys a second-hand tractor, the architect who practices "Sword Jade", and the backpacker who travels alone. The roaring Sakurajima Volcano, wrapped in billowing smoke of water vapor, is "too good-looking" in the eyes of tourists; in the eyes of volcanoologists, "it is impossible to change nature", and people can only listen to the volcano's "beating heart".
Women's Prison: Close Encounter, walk into Japan's largest women's prison. Prisoners, young and old, have no expression on their faces and work silently. Newcomers enter the "observation factory" first, raise their hands to go to the toilet, the cell has a TV, broadcast food and travel programs; there is an old woman in her 80s, who has been taking drugs since the age of 17 and has spent most of her life in prison; those who perform well will have their sentences reduced as appropriate; those who have heavy sentences try to learn their craft. Prison guards said they had been like "deep-sea fish" for decades, and they had to do mental work every day. In the open space outside the prison, there is a brightly colored sunflower, the power of growth, the free sunshine and hope ...
Follow Route 439 and the mountains are stacked. Visitors to the old dwellings, dead people sewn with cloth by frightening dolls, old ladies who give gifts on parting. On Valentine's Day at the shrine, people burn incense and pray for good marriages; at the lively Obon Festival in Nagasaki, the deceased ride on fairy boats and watch their descendants set off brilliant fireworks; and in the huge shopping mall like a "spaceship", people enjoy leisure time in the food court. In "Christmas at the Bus Terminal", the farmers who "step on the dirt under their feet will be solid", and the people in the city are surprised that "it is okay to step on such a hard ground"...
Most people have a natural expression in front of the camera and talk about it. People in Kamogawa River joke that the couple there is a "duck couple", the older people lament that "you can't live without work", the soon-to-be father admonishes himself to "work hard for the sake of the child", the single mother of 3 children believes that "the child is happy is the most important"; some people will even invite the photographer to their own home, such as the Thai couple in the episode "Where Culture and Meat Food Meet", to do the "oil-consuming and roasted pork tongue bamboo shoots" they ate as children.
The interviewer meets a stranger, and the few words of goodbye are touching. People who do not want to be interviewed, such as the "hidden feeling" man in "Nostalgia Roller Coaster Journey", are in front of the camera as a white cloud of activity; prisoners in prison, their faces blurred, their hands and feet with nowhere to rest, are entangled in uneasy moods. On the largest arched bridge bench in Japan, two elderly people are dependent on each other, one with high blood pressure and the other with an immune system disorder; there are also teenagers in front of the camera, young girls with makeup on their faces...
Overhead shots that show people in specific spaces, such as the kitchenware shops in "Tokyo's Kappabashi Prop Street"; flash shots, time accelerates: night falls, the morning light first appears, and it is another style. The riverbank without any trace after the carnival, the polished back kitchen, the cotton uniforms of kindergarten children... Inadvertently revealed details, intriguing. Mr. Lu Xun also believes that "Chinese are not serious in everything, and the Japanese are too serious." The "busy and serious" Japanese, war trauma and natural disasters are lingering shadows.
"Documentary 72 Hours" "sing its voice, say its deeds", in-depth thinking, humble expression, Pingshui encounter is also worried and shared. The explanation of Fuki Ishi kazue and Suzuki Apricot, if the paper is inked, it will be scattered in the water, and the meaning is endless.
The fun of life, the purity of customs, the death of the world. The curtain has been lifted and the stage is always there. Life goes on! The excitement continues! As the producers prayed: "In today's increasingly thin relationship between people, pause and turn your attention to the daily drama outside of yourself!" ”