Love and Death at Fuji Speedway (1972)
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.
Director:
Tōru Murakawa
Writers:
Tōru Murakawa, Kazuhiko Furuya.
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Toru Minegishi as |
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Kei Kiyama as |
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Miyoko Aoyama as |
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Gō Awazu as |
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Eimei Esumi as |
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Moeko Ezawa as |
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Seri Ishikawa as Pop singer |
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Hatsue Tonooka as Dancer |
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Tatsuya Hamaguchi as |
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Ichiro Kijima as |
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Kunio Shimizu as |
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Yumi Nakano as |
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Seiji Himuro as |
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Yoshiaki Taniguchi as |
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Hidetoshi Kageyama as |
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Michiko Komori as |
| Directing | Tōru Murakawa | Director |
| Writing | Tōru Murakawa | Screenplay |
| Writing | Kazuhiko Furuya | Screenplay |
| Sound | Yasuo Higuchi | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Seri Ishikawa | Music |
| Production | Akira Miura | Producer |
| Art | Yoshie Kikukawa | Art Direction |
| Directing | Yoshihisa Nakagawa | Assistant Director |
| Lighting | Haruo Kawashima | Lighting Director |
| Camera | Shinsaku Himeda | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Shinya Inoue | Editor |