Japan Cuts 2026: ‘Tokyo Taxi’ Sees Yoji Yamada Taking the Scenic Route Through a Life
Tokyo Taxi is sentimental. There’s no point pretending otherwise. But sentimentality, in Yamada’s hands, can still have texture.
Tokyo Taxi is sentimental. There’s no point pretending otherwise. But sentimentality, in Yamada’s hands, can still have texture.
The aesthetic verges on the sterile, with its clean visuals and threadbare score underlining the grim circumstances.