In order to turn their lives around, three taxi drivers living at the bottom rung of society hatch a plan to steal an invaluable art piece. Their plan was supposed to be perfect, but as coincidences pile up it becomes clear that nothing is going to go according to plan.
Direction
Maki builds dread through cramped taxi interiors and neon-soaked streets.
Acting
Kubozuka's exhausted desperation makes every wrong turn hurt.
Writing
Coincidences pile up like dominoes; every 'lucky break' curses them.
Director
Kenji Maki
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The film captures Japan's 'precariat' class—gig workers with no safety nets, a growing social reality rarely depicted in crime cinema.
Kubozuka reportedly drove actual night shifts for two months; the passenger conversations in Shinji's cab are largely unscripted.
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