On the Road: A Document (1964)
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
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Kimio Kawasaki as Driver (uncredited) |
| Directing | Noriaki Tsuchimoto | Director |
| Sound | Minoru Miki | Original Music Composer |
| Editing | Eiko Minami | Editor |
| Camera | Tatsuo Suzuki | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Kouichi Asanuma | Sound Recordist |
| Production | Masami Makino | Producer |
| Production | Kiyoshi Kurahashi | Producer |
| Production | Takashi Marumo | Producer |
| Writing | Tokuo Kusunoki | Writer |