Tokyo Uber Blues

Tokyo Uber Blues

Release Date

2021

Director

  • Taku Aoyagi

During the 2020 pandemic lockdown, a young film school graduate moves to Tokyo with dreams of making fast money as an Uber bike courier. The reality is very different.

    Unemployed in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic and with $40,000 of student debt, 26 year-old filmmaker Taku Aoyagi decides to try his luck at being an Uber Eats rider in the now empty streets of Tokyo. Shot on a mixture of smartphones and GoPros, Taku brings the audience on his daily rides, deliveries, and as he talks to himself and his peers about if gig work can actually offer a path to economic security.

    Photo credit: Kani Releasing