A Barter Chain in Osaka

If you start with a charm that supposedly brings good luck and offer to barter it with passersby on a bridge in Osaka Prefecture's Dotonbori district, what sort of trades will happen and people will you meet? For 3 days, we put this question to the test. The people who swapped items with us included a Frenchman who fell in love with Osaka and decided to live there, a women's soccer team visiting the city on a university graduation trip, and an elementary school student traveling with his father after participating in a national karate tournament. Through a series of trades, a connection gradually forms among strangers who otherwise would have no link with each other. When 72 hours are up, what has the "bringer of good luck" turned into?

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Release Date: 2006-10-03
Seasons: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
TMDb: 8.7/10
  • Country: JP
  • Language: 日本語
  • Runtime: 30

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