Traffic Jam
1991, Japanese. Directed by Mitsuo Kurotsuchi.
A hard working salaryman takes off five days from his busy job and sets off with his wife and two children to visit his parents in his hometown for the 1991 new year holidays. He decides that they will go by car to save on expenses. Unfortunately, the long drive from Tokyo to his hometown becomes a much longer journey than expected due to traffic, sickness and other misfortunes and by the time they arrive three days later, they only have time for a short but happy visit.
- Runtime
- 1h 48m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Japanese
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- Released
- 27 April 1991
- Original title
- 渋滞
- Country
- Japan
- Written by
- Mitsuo Kurotsuchi, Mineyo Sato
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Traffic Jam runs 108 minutes (1h 48m).
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Traffic Jam isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 27 April 1991. (Checked 9 November 2026.)
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Who directed Traffic Jam?
Traffic Jam (1991) was directed by Mitsuo Kurotsuchi and stars Kenichi Hagiwara, Hitomi Kuroki, Shingo Yuzawa.