Veteran Japanese filmmaker Yôji Yamada directs 'A Taxi in Tokyo', a moving road movie set in Tokyo, based on the French film Un paseo con Madeleine. The film tells a tender and touching story about unexpected encounters that can change a life. Book tickets online Koji, a Tokyo taxi driver struggling financially, takes on the job of driving Sumire, an 85-year-old Japanese woman, to the care home where she will now live. Along the way, he accompanies her to various places around the city tied to her memories. As they make their way through Tokyo, the two share confessions, old wounds and life moments that lead them to form an unexpected bond.