TOKYO UBER BLUES / TOKYO JITENSHA-BUSHI (2021) - Taku Aoyagi's Documentary New on Blu-ray

Codec: MPEG-4 AVC
Resolution: 1080p
Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Region: Region A/1

Product Description: Unemployed in the wake of the pandemic, 26 year-old filmmaker Taku Aoyagi decides to try his luck in Tokyo. Short on worldly possessions but a bike and a phone, he becomes an Uber Eats rider. Now, he can decide his own hours and is free to choose when to take orders! But pedalling through deserted streets delivering boba tea to cloistered condos, he starts to wonder... what was it that Ken Loach said about the Uberization of society? Thrillingly shot from a first-person perspective on a mixture of smartphones and GoPros, first-time vlogger-turned-director Taku Aoyagi invites the audience to join him on his daily rides speeding through a deserted city. Talking to himself and his peers, he asks: for a young, unemployed person with $40,000 of student debt, does gig-work offer a model for the future?

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Director: Taku Aoyagi

Starring: Taku Aoyagi, Kazuki Iimuro, Tsuchi Kano

Genre: Documentary

Runtime: 93 min

Rating: Not Rated

Language: Japanese

Studio: Kani

Home Video Release Date: July 29, 2025