On the Road : A Document

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.

Director: Noriaki Tsuchimoto

Cast: Kimio Kawasaki

Audience-only score — full critic data not yet in the ReelXO vault.