Drama · Japan · 1972 · 1h 20m

Love and Death at Fuji Speedway

哀愁のサーキット

Love and Death at Fuji Speedway poster
Director
Tōru Murakawa
Cast
Toru Minegishi as Kei Kiyama as Miyoko Aoyama as Gō Awazu as Eimei Esumi as Moeko Ezawa as
Crew
Shinsaku Himeda — Director of Photography Shinya Inoue — Editor Yasuo Higuchi — Original Music Composer Tōru Murakawa — Screenplay Kazuhiko Furuya — Screenplay Akira Miura — Producer
Synopsis

The movie was inspired by real life test driver Yukio Fukuzawa, who on 12 February 1969 lost control of his Toyota 7 at Fuji Speedway near Nakahinata, Japan and fatally smashed into a signpost. In the movie Kei Kiyama’s pop singer character meets Tôru Minegishi’s doomed racer when he happens along as she’s throwing her own records into the sea. From there things get even cheerier.

Key Collaborators
Tōru Murakawa Director Shinsaku Himeda Director of Photography Shinya Inoue Editor Yasuo Higuchi Original Music Composer Tōru Murakawa Screenplay Kazuhiko Furuya Screenplay Akira Miura Producer
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