Document 72 Hours - Season 12 Episode 21 The Truth Behind the Ultra-Cheap Food Store
Everything is ultra-cheap. Vegetables for 30 yen. Beer for 33 yen per bottle, meat for 100 yen per 200 grams. The setting for this episode is a discount food store in Tokyo. Many customers visit the store in search of expired products and surplus inventory. A woman with a family of nine who wants to cut down on food expenses as much as possible. A parent and child who drive an hour to find affordable meat. Some people feel a sense of treasure hunting when searching for products with uneven inventory. The store also highlights the current state of food waste. What is the reason behind the demand for discounted products? We listen for three days.
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: 6.0926
Language: Japanese
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