Double Clutch

Overview

Hiromi Go plays a high school student who needs a role model in his life badly. He's raised by his older sister played by Keiko Matsuzaka who is a hostess at a night club. She meets a man who becomes her boyfriend. He races in a off-road car rally professionally. The same man becomes Go's role model and teaches him sophisticated car driving techniques. One of the techniques taught is 'double clutch' ( Thus the movie's title Double Kuracchi ) to make gear transition smoothly between shifts. Hiromi Go was a big pop idol in Japan when this movie was created. Both Go and Matsuzaka still enjoys high celebrity status in Japan.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

April 29, 1978

Original language

Japanese

Spoken languages

Japanese

Countries

Japan

Production

Shochiku

Cast

Koshiro Asami,Takeo Chii,Hiromi Go,Aiko Morishita,Yukari Ichiuji,Gō Awazu,Toyoaki Yoshida,Yukio Ninagawa,Kazuhiro Fukuzaki,Kinji Ominoand 7 more

Director

Shigeyuki Yamane

Writer

Hiroyuki Itsuki,James Miki

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0330189