The Traffic Jam (1991)
Directed by Mitsuo Kurotsuchi
A Tokyo-area salesman drives his family across Japan over the New Year holiday to his parents' home on a small island in the Seto Inland Sea, and gets stuck in jam after jam.
- Travel shown
- On foot, bike, skis or swimming
- Not shown on screen
- Fictional place
- 1Family home≈ 00:01:00Urayasu, Chiba, JapanStated on screen
On 30 December the family of four sets off by car for the first trip home in five years.
- 2Ferry to the island≈ 01:35:00Kasaoka, Okayama, JapanInferred
- 3Rinzo's parents' house≈ 01:40:00Manabeshima, Okayama, JapanStated on screen
The journey in numbers
- Distance travelled
- 613 km
- Places
- 3
- Countries
- 1
- Stops
- 3
- Car: 596 km
- Boat: 18 km
Distances are measured in a straight line between stops, so real road distances are longer.
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