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Home is Where the Locker Is: The Day Laborers of Osaka

The Airin District, Osaka. Here live thousands of male day laborers, many of whom spend their nights in rooms so small they have no storage space at all. So they rely greatly on cheap rental lockers to store their essential belongings and prized possessions. Each locker contains a condensed life: a narrative. We set up at a locker rental establishment, and ask the patrons to share parts of their life-stories with us during the Obon season, when most Japanese go on holiday to visit hometowns and family graves. For these men, home is in their lockers.

English
  • Originally Aired May 20, 2014
  • Runtime 30 minutes
  • Network NHK
  • Created June 10, 2017 by
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