Safari 5000 (1969)
A Japanese racing driver for Nissan named Godai (Yujiro Ishihara) have a rivalry with a French driver named Pierre (Jean-Claude Drouot). Godai is enlisted to race in an annual endurance race, The East African Safari Rally. Peripheral to this is the story concerning Godai's former lover Yuko (Ruriko Asaoka), a fashion designer, and her friend Anna (Emmanuel Riva), who happens to be Pierre's wife.
Director:
Koreyoshi Kurahara
Writer:
Nobuo Yamada
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Yūjirō Ishihara as |
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Tatsuya Nakadai as |
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Toshirō Mifune as Yūichirō Takase |
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Emmanuelle Riva as |
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Ruriko Asaoka as |
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Jūzō Itami as |
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Kazuhiko Kasai as |
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Shinji Kanai as |
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Jean-Claude Drouot as |
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Alain Cuny as |
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Taketoshi Naitō as |
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Isao Tamagawa as |
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Shosei Muto as |
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Mizuho Suzuki as |
| Writing | Nobuo Yamada | Screenplay |
| Directing | Koreyoshi Kurahara | Director |
| Writing | Gôzô Kasahara | Writer |
| Sound | Toshirō Mayuzumi | Original Music Composer |