TPI and TV Tokyo Bring "CART MAN" to international TV marketplace...

Shot on location in the remote regions of the sweltering Amazon, the burning sands of the Atacama Desert, and the sub-zero temperatures of the Andes Mountains, this beautiful story is one man’s personal triumph against the odds.  His name is Tadashi Nagase, otherwise known as "The Cart Man." His goal:  walk around the planet pulling his provisions behind him on an unbelievably heavy 200 kg cart. 
 
This sometimes agonizing, sometimes dangerous but always intriguing human drama is as much about Nagase’s discovery of self as it is discovery of the wonders of the world.  Over the years he has traveled an amazing 43,000 km encountering hardships both physical and emotional but always overcomes them.  Each morning he prays for the strength to carry-on and releases a primal scream shattering the morning calm, sending adrenalin throughout his impossibly lean body.  Veins bulge, sweat pours and his arms snap wire-taught as he strains just to make the cart move.  
 
This is Nagase’s second trip to the Amazon because “there was a part of the Amazon River I did not walk through.”  It’s this attitude, this tenacity, that drives Nagase and earned him Japan’s Naomi Uemura Adventure Award given to adventurous individuals. 
 
TPI and Japan’s TV Tokyo have collaborated to bring this amazing man’s story to the international TV marketplace.  Originally produced in HD for Japanese TV, TPI has utilized its state-of-the art production facilities to create the international versions which include a 52-minute highlight special and a 2-part  (2 x 52 minutes) expanded version as well.
 
For Licensing inquiries, please contact:
 
Ron Alexander
Ralexander@tpiltd.com