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On the Road : A Document (1964)

On the Road : A Document (1964)

Documentary
Release Date: 1964, January 1
Directors: Noriaki Tsuchimoto
Countries: Japan
Production: Toyo Cinema, Toyo Cinema
Cast: Kimio Kawasaki

Overview:

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.