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Season 8 Episode 24 - The Elderly Care Facility with a View of the Sea
8.7 ?
2006
Documentary
The elderly care facility is located on a hill overlooking the sea in Kanagawa Prefecture. With an average age of 84, over 450 residents live quiet lives here. Some have spent over 30 years here. A 90-year-old former engineer says, “I never expected to live this long.” A 90-year-old couple who met after losing their spouses. An 80-year-old woman who dedicated her life to work now spends her days alone on the sofa, watching people come and go. In the era of a 100-year lifespan, the question arises: “What is happiness?”
Episodes in Season 8
1
Narita Airport Immigration Checkpoint on Christmas Eve
2
Why Omiya? The Café is Waiting
3
The Sounds of Miyazaki's Street Piano
4
Beppu: A Century of Hot Springs
25 min
5
At a park in Yokosuka with a view of warships
25 min
6
Cheap Underwear: Searching for Warmth
7
Wishing Upon Golden Kushikatsu
8
A Walking Path Where You Can See Giraffes
9
Welcome to Chungking Mansions, Hong Kong
10
The Fateful Seven-Way Intersection
11
Spring at a Bag Store on the Street Corner
12
A Small Funeral in the City
13
Live Camera at the Summit of Mount Kongō
14
Yoru no Mori: Sakura Tunnel
15
Fabric, Buttons, and Me
16
I Tried Zen Temple Training
17
The Secret Marriage Counseling Room
18
Let's Meet at the Mosque in Shibuya, Tokyo
19
Enticed by the Gentle Movement of Jellyfish
20
Solo Truck Journey: Blown by the Wind
21
The Closed Room in the Sky: The Rooftop Ferris Wheel
22
Kitakyushu Kokura ‘100 Yen Bar’ Blues
23
Giant Housing Complex: Hello and Goodbye at a Secondhand Shop
24
The Elderly Care Facility with a View of the Sea
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