On the Road : A Document

54m
Documentary
5.3

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.

Cast

Kimio Kawasaki
Driver (uncredited)

Crew

Noriaki Tsuchimoto
Director
Tokuo Kusunoki
Writer
Eiko Minami
Editor
Tatsuo Suzuki
Director of Photography
Kiyoshi Kurahashi
Producer
Takashi Marumo
Producer
Masami Makino
Producer
Kouichi Asanuma
Sound Recordist
Minoru Miki
Original Music Composer

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