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Tokyo Uber Blues

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Unemployed in the wake of the pandemic, 26 year-old filmmaker Taku decides to try his luck in Tokyo. Short on worldly possessions, using his bike and phone, he becomes an Uber Eats rider. Now, he can decide his own hours, and is free to choose when to take orders! But pedaling 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? Shot on a mixture of smartphones and GoPros, Taku invites the audience to join him on his daily rides speeding through a deserted Tokyo as he talks to himself and his peers, asking, for a young, unemployed person with $40,000 of student debt, does gig-work offer a model for the future?
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J S I saw it in Japanese when it first came out. It has a lot to say about the downsides of gig economy, as well as highlights problems of student loan debt, homelessness etc. which we think of as American things but unfortunately are problems in Japan as well. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 10/02/24 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Unemployed in the wake of the pandemic, 26 year-old filmmaker Taku decides to try his luck in Tokyo. Short on worldly possessions, using his bike and phone, he becomes an Uber Eats rider. Now, he can decide his own hours, and is free to choose when to take orders! But pedaling 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? Shot on a mixture of smartphones and GoPros, Taku invites the audience to join him on his daily rides speeding through a deserted Tokyo as he talks to himself and his peers, asking, for a young, unemployed person with $40,000 of student debt, does gig-work offer a model for the future?
Director
Taku Aoyagi
Producer
Kazuo Osawa
Production Co
Nondelaico
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
Japanese
Runtime
1h 33m