Document 72 Hours - Season 15 Episode 5 Ehime, Imabari At a sauna that has been in existence since the Showa Era
Sweat dripping from the body at temperatures exceeding 100 degrees Celsius. This time, the setting is a long-established sauna. Located in Imabari City, Ehime Prefecture, known for its towels and shipbuilding, it has long been a favorite of men working in factories. The style of the sauna, with its small talk and the owner's homemade cooking, is distinctly different from the recent sauna boom, and has remained unchanged from the past. A construction site worker who visits every Sunday with his friends, a former towel manufacturer who has been a regular customer for 20 years, and a man who has been a regular at the sauna since the Showa Era (1926-1989). This film focuses on the daily lives of men in saunas that have been around since the Showa period.
Year: 2025
Genre: Documentary
Country: Japan
Studio: NHK BS1, NHK, NHK WORLD-JAPAN
Director: NHK, NHK World-Japan
Cast: Ryo Katsuchi, Saniko Ichikawa, Mariko Yagi, Maito Fujioka, Aoi Yamada, Kazue Fukiishi
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First Air Date: Oct 03, 2006
Last Air date: Jul 25, 2025
Season: 16 Season
Episode: 460 Episode
Runtime: 30 minutes
IMDb: 8.70/10 by 3.00 users
Popularity: 5.322
Language: Japanese
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“Rental Room” Life Story
The Bench by Lake Biwa
Nature's Bounty at an Okayama Community Garden
Ueno: A Discount Women's Clothing Store
Ehime, Imabari At a sauna that has been in existence since the Showa Era
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Kerosene Delivery Service in Snowy Sapporo
Fukushima: An Ice Cream Shop in Winter
Spinning On at a 24-Hour Osaka Laundromat
National Route 4, Drive-in Never Sleeps
A 24-Hour Discount Supermarket in Osaka
Kagoshima Airport, In the Spring of Departure
A look at anime people in Ikebukuro in spring
A Midnight Soba Shop in Akita
Fresh Starts at a Yokohama Electronics Store
Asakusa Underground
Racecourse in the Northern Territories
China Cancer Hospital, Rental Kitchen in the Back Alley
Life Voyages on a Sea of Japan Ferry
Gifu Nagara River, Watching the Current
A Low-priced Gas Station in Wakayama
Paris, France - At a manga cafe on a street corner
Lives Inside a Huge "Danchi" Housing Complex
Beyond the Books at a Kanazawa Library
A Local Penny Candy Shop in Tokyo
A Midsummer Service Area on Awaji Island
Nagano Inadani Direct Market
Obon in Tottori, at a seaside cemetery.
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A Martial Arts Gym in Tokyo
A Winding Road Through the Kii Mountains