On The Road: A Document (1964) · ドキュメント路上 Eng-Sub (B&W) Documentary Short

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On the Road: A Document (ドキュメント 路上, Dokyumento rojō) is a 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.

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