On the Road : A Document

54 mins
Japanese documentary from 1964 directed by Noriaki Tsuchimoto. The film focuses on the taxi drivers of Tokyo in the year before the Tokyo Olympics and the difficulties they face: construction obstructing traffic, poor working conditions, numerous accidents, and bad pay. It becomes a critique of a changing and modernizing urban Japan.

Kimio Kawasaki

Driver (uncredited)

Minoru Miki

Original Music Composer

Tatsuo Suzuki

Director of Photography

Kouichi Asanuma

Sound Recordist

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