Love and Death at Fuji Speedway (1972)
Overview
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.
Cast
Toru Minegishi
Miyoko Aoyama
Gō Awazu
Eimei Esumi
Moeko Ezawa
Seri Ishikawa
Pop singer
Hatsue Tonooka
Dancer
Ichiro Kijima
Hidetoshi Kageyama
Michiko Komori
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