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Tokyo Taxi

2025 · 103 min

A gentle, unhurried ride through a city and a lifetime, quietly moving as two strangers slowly open up to each other.

Directed by
Yoji Yamada
Genres
Drama
Tagline
Two lives, one road. Past and future, we ride it together.
Overview
One day, taxi driver Koji Usami is tasked with driving 85-year-old Sumire Takano from Shibamata, Tokyo to a senior care facility in Hayama, Kanagawa. Sumire asks Koji to make some detours. Gradually opening up to her, Sumire begins to tell the story of her grand past...
How it feels
Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About
Memory, aging, grief, isolation
Content
No violence, gore, sexual content or swearing.
Note
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Directed by
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Genres
Drama
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How it feels

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Full breakdown
Tone
    Pacing
    slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    Places
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    None
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language none
    • Violence none
    • Sex none
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action1
    Horror0
    Humour3
    Realism8
    Romance1
    Tension2
    Darkness3
    Complexity4
    Emotional weight7

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    Details

    Genres
    drama
    Directed by
    Yoji Yamada
    Written by
    Yoji Yamada, Yuzo Asahara
    Starring
    Chieko Baisho, Takuya Kimura, Yu Aoi, Takaya Sakoda, Yûka, Runa Nakashima, Misuzu Kanno, Lee Jun-young
    Music
    Taisei Iwasaki
    Cinematography
    Masashi Chikamori
    Runtime
    103 min
    Country
    Japan
    Languages
    Japanese

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