Tanaka-San Will Not Do Callisthenics
2009, English. Directed by Maree Delofski.
Every workday morning for more than 25 years Tanaka Tetsuro has protested outside the gate of the corporation that sacked him.
Believing he was sacked unjustly from his job as an engineer in a big Japanese corporation, Tanaka Tetsuro has protested outside the company gate every morning for 25 years. Is he an obsessive? Why does he do this? After meeting him on the Internet the filmmakers travel to Japan in time for the 25th anniversary of his protest. They discover that in a world that places a premium on conformity, Tanaka-san has found a way to become himself.
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- 1h 15m
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- English
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- 8 October 2009
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- Maree Delofski
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Tanaka-San Will Not Do Callisthenics isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 8 October 2009. (Checked 12 November 2026.)
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Who directed Tanaka-San Will Not Do Callisthenics?
Tanaka-San Will Not Do Callisthenics (2009) was directed by Maree Delofski and stars Tanaka Tetsuro.